Definition for Substructure:

• Same as Substruction.

Synonyms for Substructure:

• n.

  •
  • frame,
  • rafter,
  • scaffold,
  • support,
  • joist,
  • stanchion,
  • buttress,
  • framework,
  • gantry.
  •
  • part.
  •base (noun)
  • bedrock,
  • stand,
  • root,
  • ground,
  • seating,
  • bed,
  • seat,
  • rest.
  •basement (noun)
  • crypt,
  • cellar,
  • excavation,
  • storage,
  • vault.
  •body (noun)
  • core,
  • mass,
  • assembly,
  • pith,
  • Gravamen,
  • staple,
  • box,
  • essence,
  • material,
  • trunk,
  • chassis,
  • corpus,
  • majority,
  • matter,
  • hull,
  • gist,
  • skeleton,
  • substance,
  • crux,
  • total.
  •bottom (noun)
  • pediment,
  • undersurface,
  • under side,
  • nadir,
  • terra firma,
  • floor,
  • lowest part,
  • depths,
  • underbelly,
  • deepest part,
  • under-sides,
  • underneath,
  • soles,
  • belly,
  • sole,
  • nether portion,
  • underbellies,
  • underside.
  •footing (noun)
  • foothold,
  • establishment,
  • installation,
  • settlement,
  • warrant.
  •foundation (noun)
  • basics,
  • bottom line,
  • abcs,
  • nub,
  • justification,
  • guts,
  • reason,
  • heart,
  • brass tacks,
  • stay,
  • authority,
  • prop.
  •fundament (noun)
  • fundament.
  •pedestal (noun)
  • platform,
  • mounting,
  • plinths,
  • podium,
  • plinth,
  • mountings.
  •preparation (noun)
  • alertness,
  • lead time,
  • training,
  • construction,
  • preparedness,
  • dry run,
  • provision,
  • expectation,
  • measure,
  • foresight,
  • manufacture,
  • incubations,
  • evolution,
  • getting ready,
  • making ready,
  • build-up,
  • rundown,
  • tryout,
  • build-ups,
  • readying,
  • plan,
  • workout,
  • arrangement,
  • anticipation,
  • Preparing,
  • study,
  • background,
  • qualification,
  • education,
  • schoolwork,
  • gestation,
  • rehearsal,
  • safeguard,
  • incubation,
  • precaution,
  • homeworks,
  • putting in order,
  • homework,
  • formation.
  •rudiment (noun)
  • rudiment,
  • fundamental.
  •support (noun)
  • brace,
  • Fulcrums,
  • bedding,
  • collar,
  • sustentation,
  • lining,
  • cornerstone,
  • stave,
  • flotation,
  • pillar,
  • stilts,
  • rod,
  • stilt,
  • stiffener,
  • rampart,
  • fulcrum,
  • pole,
  • stiffeners,
  • rib,
  • stake,
  • reinforcement,
  • flotations,
  • shore,
  • block,
  • column,
  • abutment,
  • backing,
  • medium,
  • timber,
  • means,
  • Fulcra,
  • agency,
  • back,
  • guide,
  • post,
  • device,
  • hold.
  •underpinning (noun)
  • under-pinning,
  • under pinning.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fragment,
  • remnant,
  • subsection,
  • singleton.
  •
  • subdivision,
  • continuation.
  •
  • bit,
  • area,
  • fitting,
  • portion,
  • segment.
  •
  • cell,
  • companion,
  • piece,
  • mate.
  •
  • detail.
  •
  • unit.
  •
  • section.

Paraphrases for Substructure:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    infrastructure, subgrade.

Antonyms for Substructure:

• n.

  • base
    annex, top, branch.
  • basement
    attic.
  • body
    abstract, nothing, immateriality, inanimate, individual, nothingness, one, part, spirit, mind, thought, concept, soul, fantasy.
  • bottom
    ceiling, Exteriority, outside.
  • foundation
    cowardice, fear, exterior.
  • preparation
    ignorance, Unreadiness, ingredient.
  • support
    discouragement, disapproval, frustration, opposition, stop.

Substructure Sentence Examples:

• The clock is still there, in all its mystical incongruity, but one's interest centres in the grace and elegance of the dwindling spire and its substructure of nave, transept, and choir, which dominates all else round about.

• The Ohio River was not to be trifled with, and long before his masonry was ready we had relieved ourselves from all responsibility upon the bond by placing the superstructure on the banks awaiting the completion of the substructure which he was still building.