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base
Synonyms and Antonyms of base
1
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignoble, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched
2
showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness
Synonym Discussion of base
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- base motives
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- refused to listen to such low talk
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- a vile remark
base
Synonyms and Antonyms of base
1
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, support
assumption, justification, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrant
backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat
2
a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made
3
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland
attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar
where it's at
4
the lowest part, place, or point
5
the place from which a commander runs operations
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