foundation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Synonyms

• creation
• foundation
• founding
• initiation
• innovation
• instauration
• institution
• introduction
• origination

More generic

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More specific

• authorship
• paternity

Noun

lowest support of a structure

Synonyms

• base
• foot
• foundation
• fundament
• groundwork
• substructure
• understructure

More generic

• support

More specific

• bed
• mat
• raft
• raft foundation

Related

• construction
• structure

Noun

a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

Synonyms

• foundation
• foundation garment

More generic

• undergarment
• unmentionable

More specific

• corset
• girdle
• roll-on
• stays

Noun

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Synonyms

• base
• basis
• cornerstone
• foundation
• fundament
• groundwork

More generic

• assumption
• supposal
• supposition

More specific

• meat and potatoes

Related

• explanation

Noun

education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

Synonyms

• foundation
• grounding

More generic

• education

Noun

an institution supported by an endowment

Synonyms

• foundation

More generic

• financial institution
• financial organisation
• financial organization

More specific

• charity

Noun

the basis on which something is grounded

Synonyms

• foundation

More generic

• relation

More specific

• basis
• footing
• grass roots
• ground

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