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

Beauty, wellness and fitness became early proving grounds because their products naturally fit into creators’ everyday content. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 July 2026 The house, built in 1999, has become one of the show’s most recognizable filming locations, thanks to its expansive grounds and grand interiors. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 July 2026 Those allegations are grounds advanced by MacInnes and have not been determined by the Full Court. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026 But others decide to fight fire with fire, or embrace the technology on philosophical grounds. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 Trump pointed out the helipad and ballroom that are under construction on the White House grounds. — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026 More than 20 students, many of them freshmen, darted around the lush grounds. — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 The image shows Harry walking with Archie and Lilibet across the estate’s grounds, with both Harry and Archie carrying bouquets of flowers. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 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

Verb

Later this evening, however, the moon slips into the meticulous and methodical sign of Virgo, which, in turn, grounds the atmosphere. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 While most associate the company with affordable thrift stores and donation drop-offs, the organization also has provided janitorial, landscaping, grounds maintenance and food preparation services since 1982. — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounds

Noun

Goodman even noted that Coors Field is not in the top five home run hitter parks by Baseball Savant’s park factor metric.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
With cars that spin at 72 mph — Universal’s fastest coaster anywhere — Hollywood Drift promises to deliver a park experience that lives up to the franchise’s name.

— Robert Niles, Oc Register, 21 July 2026

Definition of park

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Smoke and soot sediment were ubiquitous, with soot often piling up on cars and windowsills.

— Rebecca Florsheim, STAT, 17 July 2026
Salvage operations commenced immediately but accomplished little, and the wreck gradually disappeared into the sediment of the Solent.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

Definition of sediment

Verb

The economic argument for central bank independence rests on the idea that a politically motivated central bank might be tempted to exploit that short run tradeoff to juice the economy at the long run expense of price stability.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 22 July 2026
The whole economic model rests on most traders never getting there, and never getting paid.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of rests

Noun

At trainings—held online, and in kitchens, basements, and alleyways—people were taught what to do if they were denied an acta, and how to handle the militares guarding the premises.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
The bakery must have the premises serviced by a pest control operator before reopening, the report said.

— Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of premises

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Agitation tied to pain The male resident's medical records at The Vero said he was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer's disease, agitation, and anxiety, according to his doctor's deposition.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026
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

Definition of deposition

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That case focused mostly on the details of the knife attack itself; the federal one delves more into questions of motive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Whether Villa only wanted to loan Garnacho anyway is unclear, but there’s an obvious motive for not signing him permanently.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of motive

Verb

Many airline reward programs — including Delta's SkyMiles, United's MileagePlus and American Airlines' AAdvantage — have adopted some form of dynamic pricing, which bases fares on demand.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 22 July 2026
The Federal Reserve, for example, bases its interest-rate decisions around the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs data, among other sources.

— Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026