ground floor

noun

plural ground floors

1

: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1

2

: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants

—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor

Examples of ground floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The building holds just 11 suites and has a stylish bar on its ground floor. —Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

My ground floor criteria require accelerating revenue and earnings (both sequentially and year-over-year), reasonable valuation relative to the market, and solid technical action. —Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025

Thanks to its ground floor position, there's ample headroom to stand upright, which is always a nice perk in a tiny house, while there's also some storage available. —New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025

Woolf had her own bedroom on the lower ground floor, with a separate entrance and large bright windows. —Katie Da Cunha Lewin september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ground floor

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore