Thesaurus results for GROUNDS

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noun

plural of ground

as in park

the area around and belonging to a building an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds

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as in sediment

matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid strain the coffee to remove the grounds

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as in reason

something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease

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grounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ground

as in predicates

to find a basis you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence

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Recent Examples of grounds

Noun

In addition to the aforementioned football field, the resort-like grounds also host a pool with a spa and a waterfall, along with a pizza oven, a game pavilion with a candy bar, and a sports court for tennis, basketball, and pickleball. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 July 2026 There are other cooling spots as well as seven water misters on the fair grounds. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 The waterfront getaway takes full advantage of its Caribbean Sea views throughout its rooms and lush grounds, which pay contemporary homage to Cancun’s Mayan history. — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In Horner’s case, the argument of too much media coverage by itself likely wouldn’t be sufficient grounds for a new trial, Adame said, because every major case gets a lot of media attention. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 The first thing that hits you at Azuma Farm Koiwai is the fresh, calming smell of hinoki wood, which is layered on the lofty ceilings around the resort, and decorates the handful of quaint cabins that are dotted across its grounds. — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 16 July 2026 Numerous legal experts argued that Paxton’s letter bolstered the Big 12’s argument on First Amendment grounds, allowing the league to file in federal jurisdiction as opposed to another Texas state court. — Justin Williams, New York Times, 16 July 2026 After they are cleared, visitors will ride escalators that will take them up to the White House grounds. — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Its ocean boasts rich fishing grounds and critical seabed minerals. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Verb

Amid a host of synthetic textures, the batá grounds the record in its spiritual reference; only the twins’ perspective changes. — Stefanie Fernández, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026 Sara Bareilles grounds the action as the everywoman at the show’s center, with Busy Philipps and Paula Pell inhabiting every hilarious corner of their outsized characters. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 Their chemistry grounds every emotional turn of the film, balancing comedy, heartbreak, and tenderness with confidence and precision. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 June 2026 But if the film occasionally threatens to float away into its own inaccessible realm, Camp’s witty, doleful performance grounds it with a human dimension, albeit not a terribly warm one. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026 Many of us have long felt that music is medicine; this book grounds that belief in concrete examples. — Juliet Izon, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026 Watson across from him grounds their duo with a drillmaster’s sense of duty. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026 But at the center of it all is Navarrette, whose fearless turn grounds the film’s shocking premise in something both heartbreaking and haunting. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 The Bee's Knees grounds you in a sense of place in a nostalgic, evocative way. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounds

Noun

During a family fun night Monday at Summit Waves in Lee’s Summit, two incidents occurred, one involving a gun, according to the city’s parks and recreation department.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
The Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda show last night took place at the Radicepura horticultural park in the hills outside of Taormina.

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 July 2026

Definition of park

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In systems like this, where salinity, sediment input and productivity change over short distances, the chemical landscape itself is patchy.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Those brewing herbal and whole-leaf teas will be able to use this style of infuser without worrying about finding too much leaf sediment on the bottom of their mug.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of sediment

Verb

The seat-block option comes four months after United unveiled a new Relax Row option, a row of three economy seats with individually adjustable leg rests that fold up at a 90-degree angle to create a lie-flat sleeping area.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 July 2026
The desert — churned, sucked and acid-washed — rests in these graveyards of the Anthropocene.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Definition of rests

Noun

But there have been different shadings in the account presented in her 1999 memoir about the case and in her 2025 deposition testimony in the civil suit.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
Of course, sometimes dinosaur fossils are rescued from obscurity through purchase and immediate deposition or donation to natural history museums.

— Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 14 July 2026