UNDERLAIN Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

underlain

verb

past participle of underlie

as in supported

to lie underneath A layer of rock underlies the topsoil.

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as in grounded

to form the basis or foundation of (something, such as an idea) The assumption that underlies their argument is faulty.

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Marshall, a close ally of the president, strongly supported the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and has defended its wide-ranging provisions against criticism from Democratic lawmakers.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
The president last year signed an executive order seeking to change a range of museums and landmarks supported by the federal government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of supported

Verb

The Libra Sun opposes Neptune across your home and career zones, creating tension between appearing capable and actually feeling grounded.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
The Navy has since grounded Hawker Hunters operated by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) while the incident is under investigation, according to ABC News.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of grounded

Verb

Their original claim was thus upheld; the error had only been in the implementation of the method, not the finding itself.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
However, the West Berkshire Council had upheld the objections filed in February and, last month, rejected their appeal.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of upheld

Verb

Since coming to power in 2012, the ruling populist party has gradually established control over mainstream media while often describing embattled critical outlets as enemies of the state.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
The Special Criminal Court was established to try war crimes and other human rights abuses committed during the coups and violence that the country has experienced since 2003.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of established

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If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.

— Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of carried

Verb

Daliah Singer is a freelance journalist based in Denver, Colorado, who spends a lot of time daydreaming about where to travel next.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo rejected framing the country’s relations with Washington as solely based around minerals, and offered a frank account of the cause of early Ebola cases remaining undetected.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

Your question is predicated on the view that consistency is desirable, but referees often draw criticism for enforcing rules too strictly, in which case they are labelled robots who do not understand the game.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
And isn’t the addiction to scrolling predicated on speculation of sorts?

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of predicated

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