Synonyms of basement

basement

noun

ˈbās-mənt 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cellar
• vault
• bunker
• foundation
• cellarage
• crawlway
• hold
• storm cellar
• cyclone cellar

2

as in bottom

the lowest part, place, or point

the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bottom
• foot
• base
• foundation
• bed
• bedrock
• basis
• ground
• seat
• rock bottom
• nadir
• groundwork
• keystone
• underpinning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• top
• head
• vertex
• peak
• height
• apex
• summit
• pinnacle
• climax
• tip
• crest
• culmination
• zenith
• meridian
• tip-top
• acme

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of basement

The lawsuits say Clancy strangled the three children in the basement of the family's Duxbury home during a mental health crisis exacerbated by poor medical treatment and prescription mismanagement. — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Emergencies such as a flooding basement or a fire go to people in the contractor’s office. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

After dinner, Sanders and Hart took me to a speakeasy in the basement of a hotel on Amarillo’s main drag. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026

Nino accepted the challenge with gusto, unearthing oddities in the basement of the family’s home in the Hudson Valley, and foraging for foliage and flowers in the surrounding forest. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026