Synonyms of grounds

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noun

plural of ground

1

as in park

the area around and belonging to a building

an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• park
• premises
• yard
• acres
• garden
• property
• estate
• campus
• backyard
• land
• premisses
• plaza
• churchyard
• plot
• real estate
• demesne
• realty
• enclosure
• close
• parcel
• lot
• dooryard
• inclosure
• garth

2

as in sediment

matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid

strain the coffee to remove the grounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sediment
• deposition
• silt
• deposit
• dregs
• precipitate
• settlings
• sludge
• ooze
• slag
• lees
• dross
• waste

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reason
• motive
• why
• subject
• authority
• cause
• consideration
• account
• incentive
• impetus
• occasion
• wherefore
• antecedent
• stimulus
• inspiration
• instigation

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicates
• rests
• bases
• premises
• hangs
• establishes
• founds
• presupposes
• postulates
• presumes
• assumes
• supposes