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Synonyms & Antonyms of bedrock
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1
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
- my religious faith is the bedrock of my life
Synonyms for bedrock
Words Related to bedrock
- 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
2
the lowest point or level
- knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies
Synonyms for bedrock
- bottom,
- depth,
- nadir,
- rock bottom,
- zero
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Near Antonyms for bedrock
Antonyms for bedrock
bedrock
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of bedrock (Entry 2 of 2)
as in strong, firm
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bedrock
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for bedrock
- dodgy
- [chiefly British],
- uncertain,
- undependable,
- unreliable,
- unsafe,
- untrustworthy
- disloyal,
- faithless,
- false,
- fickle,
- inconstant,
- perfidious,
- recreant,
- traitorous,
- treacherous,
- unfaithful,
- untrue
- debatable,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- fishy,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- questionable,
- shady,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- uncertain,
- unsound
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