Dictionary - grounds

Dictionary Results for grounds

1. grounds - noun

· your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

Synonym(s): evidence

Hypernym(s): information

2. grounds - noun

· the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

Synonym(s): yard, curtilage

Hypernym(s): field

3. grounds - noun

· a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

Hypernym(s): tract, piece_of_land, piece_of_ground, parcel_of_land, parcel

4. grounds - noun

· a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

Synonym(s): cause, reason

Hypernym(s): justification

5. grounds - noun

· dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

Hypernym(s): dregs, settlings

6. ground - noun

· the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

Synonym(s): land, dry_land, earth, solid_ground, terra_firma

Hypernym(s): object, physical_object

7. ground - noun

· a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"

Synonym(s): reason

Hypernym(s): rational_motive

8. ground - noun

· the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"

Synonym(s): earth

Hypernym(s): material, stuff

9. ground - noun

· a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

Synonym(s): footing, basis

Hypernym(s): foundation

10. ground - noun

· a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"

Hypernym(s): military_position, position

11. ground - noun

· the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

Synonym(s): background

Hypernym(s): view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama

12. ground - noun

· material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

Synonym(s): land, soil

Hypernym(s): object, physical_object

13. ground - noun

· a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

Hypernym(s): percept, perception, perceptual_experience

Antonym(s): figure

14. ground - noun

· a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

Synonym(s): earth

Hypernym(s): connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

15. ground - noun

· (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting