Synonyms for Base

Top synonyms for “base”: al qaeda, al qaida, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, al-qaida, alkali, bag, basal, and 40 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)a support or foundation
   “the base of the lamp”
2. (noun)a place that the runner must touch before scoring
   “he scrambled to get back to the bag”
3. (noun)(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
4. (noun)installation from which a military force initiates operations
   “the attack wiped out our forward bases”
5. (noun)a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
   “a tub should sit on its own base”
6. (noun)the principal ingredient of a mixture
   “glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments”
7. (noun)lowest support of a structure
   “it was built on a base of solid rock”
8. (noun)the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
   “the industrial base of Japan”
9. (noun)the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   “the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture”
10. (noun)(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
11. (noun)a lower limit
    “the government established a wage floor”
12. (noun)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

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).