Another word for Base
Noun
base, infrastructure - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Example:- the industrial base of Japan
base - the principal ingredient of a mixture
Example:- glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments
base, home - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
base, basis - the most important or necessary part of something
Example:- the basis of this drink is orange juice
base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Example:- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
Example:- the base of the triangle
base - the bottom or lowest part
Example:- the base of the mountain
base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure - lowest support of a structure
Example:- it was built on a base of solid rock
base, base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations
Example:- the attack wiped out our forward bases
alkali, base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Example:- bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Base, Qaeda - a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
base, pedestal, stand - a support or foundation
Example:- the base of the lamp
bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring
Example:- he scrambled to get back to the bag
base, nucleotide - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Example:- the government established a wage floor
base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
Example:- a tub should sit on its own base
base, radix - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Example:- 10 is the radix of the decimal system
base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Example:- thematic vowels are part of the stem
base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
Example:- the base of the skull
Verb
base, establish, found, ground - use as a basis for; found on
Example:- base a claim on some observation
base, free-base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
base - situate as a center of operations
Example:- we will base this project in the new lab
Adjective
basal, base - serving as or forming a base
Example:- the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
base, baseborn, humble, lowly - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Example:- baseborn wretches with dirty faces
base, immoral - not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Example:- base and unpatriotic motives
base, mean, meanspirited - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Example:- that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
base - debased; not genuine
Example:- an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Example:- base coins of aluminum