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

Related Stories Some concrete declarations regarding trade were unveiled at the held on the stunning grounds of the Fondation Maeght art foundation and museum complex. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 For 45 years, Fiesta Hispana has given generations of Kansas City residents a place to gather around Latino culture, filling its festival grounds with music, dancing, food and traditions representing communities from across Latin America. — Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 Swiss authorities had maintained that the documents should remain sealed until 2071 on security grounds and to protect individuals named in them. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Games in Brazil and Mexico City have traditionally come with warnings to clubs about venturing off hotel grounds. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 As the Senate ages, Fetterman won’t be the last case litigated entirely in that vocabulary, for want of any real capacity to evaluate, accommodate, or retire an official on medical grounds. — Michael P.h. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026 The other significant point of contrast is the facilities’ grounds. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Several athletes sued the Ivy and its eight members on antitrust grounds over their policy of not offering athletic scholarships. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The death came as the festival endured another year with weather woes, including rain on Friday that temporarily closed a main gate to festival grounds known as Black Rock City. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

This shift grounds me in my value and elevates my networking skills instantly. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Book any balloon flight for the first morning of your stay, and if weather grounds it, that leaves some possibility of being moved to a subsequent day. — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Transportation was also the leading cause of fatal injuries among truck drivers, fishing and hunting workers, refuse collectors and grounds maintenance workers. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Anti Bast grounds saffron and warm cardamom (a fall spice rack classic) with incense absolute and amber, creating a warm, spicy scent ideal for cooler weather. — Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Aug. 2026 Pacino gives one of the most exhausted yet energetic performances in cinematic history, and Chris Sarandon grounds the whole thing in genuine pathos. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026 For the owners, the ability to feel the energy of the artist in the material is what grounds the hotel in its surroundings. — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Matt Chapman #26 of the San Francisco Giants grounds out to first base in the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on August 29, 2024 in Milwaukee. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 But all the while, Verma grounds this social chaos in a performance of genuine anxiety spirals, allowing the movie’s minor stakes to feel apocalyptic. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounds

Noun

Both parks received upgraded seating, additional picnic tables and a larger picnic shelter, a news release said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
At least 100 evidence markers were seen around the park outside the Metro Center.

— Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of park

Noun

Clark says large, sediment-laden floods in this region have been increasing in number over the last decade or so, and warming temperatures appear to be part of the cause.

— Thor Benson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Generally, in high-altitude environments such as mountain ranges, permafrost—basically, frozen soil—holds sediment and rocky material together.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of sediment

Noun

Ray Washburne, co-chair of the Dallas host committee, said there were strong reasons for some lawmakers and candidates to pass on attending.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Rogers did not give a specific reason for her departure from the Education Department, which was first reported by National Public Radio.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of reason

Verb

The National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the American Psychological Association in a 2004 review, concluded that the polygraph rests more on theater than fact.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
The Ultra 4's entire value proposition rests on its battery life.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rests

Noun

Russian forces also repeatedly struck a shopping center in the southern Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, damaging retail premises and sparking fires, Ukraine’s state emergency services said.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
As the quartet’s planning proceeds, complete with a Lego model of the bank premises, Hamza’s wrangling for a larger share of the haul is relentless.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of premises

Noun

In a deposition, the house manager testified there was nothing the staff could do if the child refused his medication.

— Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Daniel and Lisa’s legal team pushed for Bohm to give a deposition on July 27 and July 30 — days the Phillies were not in Philadelphia.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of deposition

Noun

Tamás Don, president of the Hungarian section of AICA (the International Association of Art Critics) has questioned the motive of moving work from the Hungarian National Gallery.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
No political motive was given for his rampage, according to an EU document on the emerging threat of nihilistic extremist violence.

— Lorne Cook, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026