Definition for Basis:

• the most important or necessary part of something; " the basis of this drink is orange juice"

Synonyms for Basis:

• n.

  •
  • element,
  • core,
  • feature,
  • explanation,
  • authority,
  • essence,
  • warrant,
  • security,
  • evidence,
  • data,
  • key,
  • nucleus,
  • backing,
  • staple,
  • postulate,
  • priority,
  • support,
  • proof,
  • justification,
  • concern,
  • Underpinning,
  • nexus,
  • antecedent.
  •
  • excuse,
  • bed,
  • over,
  • pretext,
  • substratum,
  • motivation.
  •
  • time,
  • rate,
  • irregular,
  • long,
  • length,
  • frequency,
  • irregularity,
  • much.
  •
  • way,
  • means,
  • mode,
  • manner,
  • tactic,
  • system,
  • method,
  • technique,
  • procedure,
  • true.
  •
  • term,
  • connect.
  •
  • rudiment,
  • fundamental.
  •authorization (noun)
  • warrant.
  •basis (noun)
  • groundwork,
  • fundament,
  • ground,
  • foundation,
  • cornerstone,
  • footing,
  • base.
  •bed (noun)
  • understructure.
  •beginning (noun)
  • incipiency,
  • incipience,
  • starting point,
  • point of departure,
  • leadoff,
  • initiation.
  •bottom (noun)
  • mainspring,
  • soul,
  • undersurface.
  •cause (noun)
  • compulsion,
  • source,
  • factor,
  • grounds,
  • cause,
  • effectuation,
  • mainspring,
  • stimulus,
  • enforcement,
  • root,
  • action,
  • evocation,
  • force,
  • motive,
  • determinant,
  • origination,
  • motivator,
  • generation,
  • execution,
  • compunction,
  • provocation,
  • drive,
  • inspiration,
  • elicitation.
  •circumstance (noun)
  • cardinal point,
  • conjuncture,
  • status,
  • moment,
  • instant,
  • incidence,
  • episode,
  • happening,
  • circumstance,
  • occasion,
  • event,
  • juncture,
  • occurrence,
  • condition,
  • milestone,
  • situation,
  • landmark.
  •element (noun)
  • Integrant.
  •foundation for belief, action (noun)
  • principal element,
  • essential,
  • presumption,
  • hard fact,
  • keystone,
  • data,
  • presupposition,
  • assumption,
  • infrastructure,
  • theory,
  • root,
  • authority,
  • warrant,
  • nexus,
  • nucleus,
  • bedrock,
  • evidence,
  • premise,
  • heart,
  • crux,
  • security,
  • backing,
  • essence,
  • reason,
  • rudiment,
  • sanction,
  • dictum,
  • explanation,
  • theorem,
  • center,
  • justification,
  • fundamental,
  • proof,
  • backbone,
  • principle,
  • antecedent,
  • axiom,
  • core,
  • chief ingredient,
  • source,
  • postulate,
  • cause,
  • substratum,
  • background,
  • keynote,
  • Underpinning,
  • law.
  •gauge (noun)
  • gauge,
  • guideline,
  • yardstick.
  •indication (noun)
  • index.
  •linkdef (noun)
  • base,
  • footing,
  • ground.
  •measure (noun)
  • criterion.
  •motive (noun)
  • stimulus.
  •physical foundation (noun)
  • support,
  • rest,
  • seat,
  • substructure,
  • ground,
  • foot,
  • base,
  • bottom,
  • footing,
  • bed,
  • groundwork.
  •reason (noun)
  • ulterior motive.
  •rudiment (noun)
  • rudiment.
  •substance (noun)
  • gist.
  •topic (noun)
  • presumption,
  • opinion,
  • postulation,
  • motif,
  • concept,
  • assumption,
  • inference,
  • problem,
  • premise,
  • assertion,
  • dissertation,
  • hypothesis,
  • theorem,
  • point,
  • paradigm,
  • contention,
  • matter,
  • consideration,
  • statement,
  • issue,
  • theme,
  • thesis,
  • belief,
  • conjecture,
  • essay,
  • subject,
  • question,
  • axiom,
  • exposition,
  • idea,
  • query,
  • topic,
  • argument,
  • principle,
  • text,
  • position.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • keynote,
  • fulcrum,
  • necessary,
  • method,
  • edifice,
  • linchpin,
  • treasure,
  • skeleton,
  • meat,
  • improvisation,
  • nub,
  • passport,
  • elements,
  • theory,
  • prerequisite,
  • requisite,
  • thrice,
  • rudiment,
  • nuance,
  • essence,
  • first principles,
  • obsession,
  • basics.
  •
  • manner,
  • irregularity,
  • model,
  • mechanism,
  • demand,
  • means,
  • temporal,
  • religion,
  • mechanic,
  • knack,
  • necessity,
  • pivot,
  • essential,
  • substratum,
  • priority,
  • prize,
  • technique,
  • procedure,
  • much,
  • frequency,
  • warrant,
  • pith,
  • core.
  •
  • Underpinning,
  • convention,
  • supply,
  • rate,
  • mode,
  • length,
  • element,
  • key,
  • cement,
  • road,
  • kernel,
  • outlet,
  • setup,
  • conduit,
  • policy,
  • staple,
  • path.
  •
  • system,
  • route,
  • stuff,
  • style,
  • justification,
  • instrument,
  • body,
  • gateway,
  • irregular,
  • device,
  • law.
  •
  • channel,
  • concern,
  • heart.
  •
  • operation.
  •
  • bed.
  •
  • time,
  • term.
  •
  • track,
  • machine.
  •
  • long.
  •
  • way.
  •
  • in.
  •basis
  • nucleus.
  •essence
  • substance.
  •explanation
  • rationale.
  •origin
  • germ.
  •Other relevant words:
  • truth table,
  • method,
  • confirmation,
  • bottom,
  • Apriorism,
  • treasure,
  • guarantee,
  • innovation,
  • substrate,
  • bait,
  • base of operations,
  • subject of thought,
  • interest,
  • derriere,
  • deck,
  • pretext,
  • postulate,
  • categorical proposition,
  • set in order,
  • bed,
  • etiology,
  • documentation,
  • connect,
  • backside,
  • heart,
  • channel,
  • apology,
  • proposition,
  • initiation,
  • wildcat,
  • point in question,
  • put in order,
  • carte blanche,
  • pavement,
  • perilous,
  • fanny,
  • criterion,
  • Postulatum,
  • quintessence,
  • Sumption,
  • Well-spring,
  • Prosyllogism,
  • vindication,
  • premiss,
  • posterior,
  • irregular,
  • pedestal,
  • advantage,
  • defence,
  • pivot,
  • soil,
  • chapter,
  • flat coat,
  • landing place,
  • groundwork,
  • forecast,
  • setup,
  • ancestor,
  • length,
  • al-Qaeda,
  • starting gate,
  • sanction,
  • path,
  • authorization,
  • basement,
  • institution,
  • foot,
  • justification,
  • tail,
  • system,
  • conduit,
  • bum,
  • gauge,
  • spring,
  • nates,
  • starting point,
  • stand,
  • starting post,
  • style,
  • flooring,
  • guiding light,
  • priming coat,
  • soul,
  • validation,
  • locus standi,
  • grounding,
  • parlous,
  • pattern,
  • till the soil,
  • religion,
  • exemplar,
  • vocation,
  • keister,
  • security,
  • cornerstone,
  • passport,
  • root word,
  • evidence,
  • long,
  • germ,
  • priming,
  • undersurface,
  • theory,
  • primer,
  • Riprap,
  • guiding star,
  • ideal,
  • keynote,
  • floor,
  • bag,
  • home,
  • bearing,
  • rear,
  • untrustworthy,
  • rudiment,
  • basic,
  • nuance,
  • incipiency,
  • chief ingredient,
  • base,
  • extract,
  • hindquarters,
  • motivation,
  • temporal,
  • measure,
  • prat,
  • proposal,
  • truth-function,
  • first principles,
  • Philosopheme,
  • key,
  • place,
  • head,
  • mechanic,
  • mechanism,
  • Underpinning,
  • butt,
  • surmise,
  • endangered,
  • nucleotide,
  • founding,
  • rationalization,
  • matter in hand,
  • substantiation,
  • Provenience,
  • warrant,
  • fount,
  • core,
  • takeoff,
  • edifice,
  • tactic,
  • derivation,
  • nucleus,
  • frequency,
  • mopboard,
  • cement,
  • keystone,
  • in danger,
  • origin,
  • kernel,
  • causation,
  • arse,
  • spadework,
  • pith,
  • commerce,
  • buns,
  • lay the groundwork,
  • bearing wall,
  • seat,
  • mind,
  • infrastructure,
  • bedrock,
  • fundamental principle,
  • litmus test,
  • true,
  • ulterior motive,
  • warranty,
  • arrange,
  • concern,
  • crux,
  • demand,
  • hard fact,
  • introduction,
  • rump,
  • stuff,
  • operation,
  • regard,
  • norm,
  • elixir,
  • attestation,
  • provenance,
  • scale,
  • fundamental,
  • essence,
  • knack,
  • rise,
  • primer coat,
  • Integrant,
  • gist,
  • fond,
  • procedure,
  • sow the seed,
  • verification,
  • framework,
  • ground floor,
  • manner,
  • skeleton,
  • buttocks,
  • much,
  • track,
  • ground,
  • obsession,
  • dado,
  • prize,
  • cause and effect,
  • reference system,
  • center,
  • behind,
  • main point,
  • feature,
  • underpinnings,
  • priority,
  • mode,
  • account,
  • safe,
  • viewpoint,
  • fountain-head,
  • terra firma,
  • hold,
  • outlet,
  • calling,
  • backing,
  • standpoint,
  • requisite,
  • model,
  • rationale,
  • support,
  • Point d'appui,
  • ass,
  • stem,
  • story,
  • preparation,
  • background,
  • alkali,
  • make ready,
  • road,
  • terms,
  • side,
  • insecure,
  • start,
  • entitlement,
  • sake,
  • dictum,
  • yardstick,
  • proof,
  • undergirding,
  • case,
  • gateway,
  • plinth,
  • mental outlook,
  • essential,
  • footing,
  • means,
  • land,
  • fulcrum,
  • bedding,
  • rate,
  • affirmation,
  • antecedent,
  • country,
  • dangerous,
  • cellar,
  • plea,
  • tush,
  • approval,
  • presupposition,
  • pledge,
  • call,
  • example,
  • elements,
  • intention,
  • device,
  • foundation,
  • can,
  • wainscot,
  • machine,
  • antecedents,
  • eye,
  • get ready,
  • substance,
  • test,
  • paving,
  • time,
  • sill,
  • prepare,
  • mitigation,
  • nexus,
  • irregularity,
  • based on,
  • bilge,
  • explanation,
  • foothold,
  • score,
  • main ingredient,
  • light,
  • meat,
  • al-Qa'ida,
  • protect,
  • Underlayer,
  • baseboard,
  • angle,
  • Carped,
  • improvisation,
  • anschauung,
  • outlook,
  • Periculous,
  • universe,
  • respect,
  • guideline,
  • undercarriage,
  • necessity,
  • nub,
  • benchmark,
  • solid rock,
  • undercoat,
  • lemma,
  • flag,
  • begin,
  • standard,
  • Substruction,
  • predispose,
  • sustentation,
  • tooshie,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • policy,
  • foundation garment,
  • way,
  • gage,
  • charter,
  • radix,
  • focus of attention,
  • right,
  • assurance,
  • subvention,
  • Bases,
  • determinative,
  • unsafe,
  • over,
  • term,
  • point of departure,
  • beginning,
  • element,
  • actuality,
  • purpose,
  • Stereobate,
  • al-Qaida,
  • touchstone,
  • condonation,
  • staple,
  • stern,
  • warp,
  • earth,
  • rubric,
  • Underbuilding,
  • incipience,
  • frame of reference,
  • seed,
  • supposition,
  • rock bottom,
  • lodestar,
  • ambition,
  • point of view,
  • body,
  • understructure,
  • corroboration,
  • convention,
  • tail end,
  • authority,
  • point at issue,
  • reason,
  • object,
  • backbone,
  • extenuation,
  • sight,
  • unprotected,
  • instrument,
  • palliation,
  • embryo,
  • hazardous,
  • truth-value,
  • linchpin,
  • leadoff,
  • in,
  • propositional function,
  • index,
  • stage,
  • creation,
  • technique,
  • principal element,
  • hind end,
  • rule,
  • slant,
  • thrice,
  • Stylobate,
  • licence,
  • guide,
  • substructure,
  • radical,
  • hardpan,
  • aspiration,
  • major premise,
  • excuse,
  • basics,
  • law,
  • use,
  • goal,
  • fundament,
  • heading,
  • prerequisite,
  • instauration,
  • solid ground,
  • rest,
  • dry land,
  • burden,
  • certification,
  • Pou sto,
  • minor premise,
  • substratum,
  • supply,
  • necessary,
  • data,
  • block,
  • baseline,
  • route,
  • fraught with danger,
  • supposal,
  • view,
  • platform.

Antonyms for Basis:

• n.

  • foundation for belief, action
    Exteriority, outside, trivia, surface, auxiliary, fact, reality, periphery, result, end, exterior, effect.
  • physical foundation
    top.

Homophones for Basis:

• bagascosis, buckshee, bigeye, beech, bps, boccaccio, biskek, bushy, baccy, buxaceae, babushka, bush, beg, baby shoe, base, Bayes, bee house, bos, bhaga, big cheese, back, booze, beck, basuco, beachy, bakehouse, busy, Bosk, bookish, boche, book, biface, bosh, bock, baku, basics, baiza, baisa, bosc, baggage, bigos, bobbysocks, babka, boss, bogey, bypass, bacchus, babyish, bozo, bash, buggy, beseech, bosky, bogy, bike, biz, boozy, big H, baisakh, baksheesh, basia, boyish, beach, bahasa, bioassay, bog, bisque, buzz saw, beefcake, bossy, bowse, back away, buy back, bse, Bokkos, bezique, bough, bs, bobbysock, bogie, basque, big, bakshish, baic, bask, boccie, bioko, bocci, bosch, bake, boxy, bag, by choice, bisayas, bagasse, Bok Choi, boogie, bassia, bouchee, bauhaus, bissau, babassu, besseya, beak, bio-assay, baggy, baas, basso, bug, bocce, baby buggy, baize, b.c., bach, BJS, bacchic, biopsy, bagassosis, boise, bass, box, bakshis, basic, buckeye, bazooka, bivouac, bk, be sick, buyback, bus, beach house, b.c.e., booboisie, buxus, befog, baby-wise, bibos, backache, bbs, biophysics, Bay Of Biscay, BJA, byssus, Bok Choy, backwash, bise, bijou, backsaw, bias, bogus, buzz, buck, boggy, BC, bookie, backhoe, bushwhack, beige, boogie-woogie, biggish, bacca, bucksaw, backsheesh, bookcase, BCE, bize, bigwig, bishkek, back saw, bosie, buss, besiege, beeswax, bose, bouse.

Hypernym for Basis:

• n.

  • linkdef
    common ground.

Hyponym for Basis:

• n.

  • linkdef
    component part, component, foundation, part, portion, constituent.