Synonyms of grounds

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grounds 1 of 2

noun

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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
• plaza
• estate
• backyard
• campus
• land
• premisses
• churchyard
• plot
• real estate
• demesne
• realty
• close
• enclosure
• parcel
• dooryard
• lot
• 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
• settlings
• dregs
• deposit
• precipitate
• sludge
• slag
• lees
• ooze
• waste
• dross

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

grounds

2 of 2

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