BASEMENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

basement

noun

ˈbās-mənt

Definition of basement

as in cellar

a room or set of rooms below the surface of the ground we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter

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as in bottom

the lowest part, place, or point the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work

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Recent Examples of basement Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023 before trying to take her own life. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Harris’s son Thomas Harris also runs Midtown Biscuits out of the diminutive bakery in the basement level of a midtown Victorian. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The Tigers lost 13 of 16 to close out August, falling closer to the league’s basement than its ceiling. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The boy was found by a neighbor hanging by the neck from a rafter in the basement, FOX 32 reported. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for basement

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Noun

The Titans were in the cellar and had just fired Vrabel’s successor, while the Patriots were on the way to the Super Bowl.

— Mike Semel, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Tour historic cave cellars and ancient presses dating back to a 7th-century BC tradition.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of cellar

Noun

Not enough potential to win a Super Bowl, but enough gaps for the bottom to fall out if things go wrong.

— Adam Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The other is beneath the large green leaves at the bottom of the plant, which, when lifted, show the bromeliad is dying off, Huffman said.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of bottom

Noun

In addition to Height’s injury, Sam Okuayinonu — who started 12 games last season — could miss all of 2026 after breaking his foot in practice last week.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Storm surge of 1 to 3 feet on Kauai and up to 1 foot on Oahu, accompanied by large and destructive waves.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of foot

Noun

Together, the workforce brings more than 250 combined years of Minuteman III experience at each base, according to the Air Force.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Knowing how to apply lipstick is one of those essential beauty skills worth mastering, alongside nailing how to apply cream blush and perfecting your base.

— Emma-Jade Stoddart, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2026

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