Unpopular take, but honestly based.
Source: slang_seed
Usage Contextslangsocial
Note: Tone can read polarizing in broad-audience copy.
Based
//beɪst//
Synonyms for "based" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
4 entriesslang related
2 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀρετή adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- базиран adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- базиран adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- бейсд adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- бейсд adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Catalan
1 entries- basat adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Danish
1 entries- baseret adj (founded on)
Dutch
3 entries- gebaseerd adj (founded on)
- gebaseerd adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- onderbouwd adj (founded on)
Esperanto
1 entries- bazita adj (founded on)
Finnish
3 entries- peisetti adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- pohjainen adj (founded on)
- varainen adj (founded on)
French
3 entries- basé adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- basé adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- basé intj (Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion)
Galician
1 entries- baseado adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
German
3 entries- basiert adj (founded on)
- basiert adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- fundiert adj (founded on)
Greek
2 entries- βασιζόμενος adj (founded on)
- παγής adj (founded on)
Hebrew
2 entries- מבוסס adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- מבוסס intj (Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion)
Hungarian
1 entries- bázisolt adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Italian
2 entries- basato adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- basato adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Latin
1 entries- fundatus adj (founded on)
Macedonian
4 entries- базиран adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- заснован adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- затемелен adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- основан adj (founded on)
Malay
1 entries- berdasar adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Norwegian
1 entries- basert adj (founded on)
Polish
2 entries- RiGCz adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- baza adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Portuguese
4 entries- baseado adj (founded on)
- baseado adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- baseado adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- based adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Romanian
2 entries- bazat adj (founded on)
- bazat adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Russian
1 entries- ба́за adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- bazirano adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- utemeljeno adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- zasnovano adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Spanish
4 entries- basado adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- basado adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- cimentado adj (founded on)
- fundamentado adj (founded on)
Swedish
4 entries- baserad adj (founded on)
- baserad adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- baserad adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- grundad adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
Turkish
4 entries- bazlı adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
- bazlı adj ((Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy)
- tabanlı adj (founded on)
- temelli adj (founded on)
Welsh
1 entries- bêsd adj (not caring what others think about oneself)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Pay will be based on experience and educational background.
Source: tatoeba (19527)
Discussion is based upon mutual respect.
Source: tatoeba (19983)
In general, the relationship between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.
Source: tatoeba (21801)
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