Cornerstone

Synonyms for "cornerstone" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(2 words)
basebasis

Strong matches (16)

Related words (26)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived from

2 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

4 entries

similar

5 entries

Translations

94 translations across 42 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • حجر أساس noun (ceremonial stone)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անկյունաքար noun (ceremonial stone)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • крайъгълен камък noun (base stone)
  • крайъгълен камък noun (ceremonial stone)
  • крайъгълен камък noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pedra angular noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • pedra cantonera noun (base stone)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 基石 noun (ceremonial stone)
  • 基礎 /基础 noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • 奠基石 noun (ceremonial stone)

Czech

3 entries
  • nárožní kámen noun (base stone)
  • základ noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • základní kámen noun (ceremonial stone)

Danish

1 entries
  • grundsten noun (ceremonial stone)

Dutch

3 entries
  • hoeksteen noun (base stone)
  • hoeksteen noun (ceremonial stone)
  • steunpilaar noun (base stone)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • angulŝtono noun (base stone)
  • angulŝtono noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nurgakivi noun (ceremonial stone)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kulmakivi noun (base stone)
  • kulmakivi noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • peruskivi noun (ceremonial stone)

French

4 entries
  • pierre angulaire noun (base stone)
  • pierre angulaire noun (ceremonial stone)
  • pierre angulaire noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • pierre d'angle noun (base stone)

Georgian

4 entries
  • საძირკვლის ქვა noun (ceremonial stone)
  • ქვაკუთხედი noun (base stone)
  • ქვაკუთხედი noun (ceremonial stone)
  • ქვაკუთხედი noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

German

4 entries
  • Eckpfeiler noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • Eckstein noun (base stone)
  • Eckstein noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • Grundstein noun (ceremonial stone)

Greek

2 entries
  • ακρογωνιαίος λίθος noun (base stone)
  • ακρογωνιαίος λίθος noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אבן פינה noun (ceremonial stone)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • sarokkő noun (base stone)
  • sarokkő noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hornsteinn noun (ceremonial stone)

Italian

4 entries
  • fondamenta noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • pietra angolare noun (base stone)
  • pietra angolare noun (ceremonial stone)
  • pietra d'angolo noun (base stone)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 礎 noun (base stone)
  • 礎石 noun (ceremonial stone)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅಡಿಗಲ್ಲು noun (ceremonial stone)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thāyôlòng noun (base stone)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kertinis akmuo noun (ceremonial stone)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Grondsteen noun (ceremonial stone)

Middle English

1 entries
  • corner ston noun (base stone)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • hjørnestein noun (ceremonial stone)
  • hjørnestein noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hjørnestein noun (ceremonial stone)
  • hjørnestein noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pèira angulara noun (ceremonial stone)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • كوشه طاشی noun (base stone)
  • كوشه طاشی noun (ceremonial stone)

Persian

4 entries
  • بنیاد noun (base stone)
  • سنگ پی noun (base stone)
  • سنگبنا noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • پی noun (base stone)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Akjsteen noun (base stone)
  • Akjsteen noun (ceremonial stone)

Polish

3 entries
  • kamień węgielny noun (base stone)
  • kamień węgielny noun (ceremonial stone)
  • kamień węgielny noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • base noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • fundamento noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • pedra angular noun (ceremonial stone)
  • primeira pedra noun (ceremonial stone)

Romanian

1 entries
  • piatră de temelie noun (ceremonial stone)

Russian

3 entries
  • краеуго́льный ка́мень noun (base stone)
  • краеуго́льный ка́мень noun (ceremonial stone)
  • краеуго́льный ка́мень noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fundamento noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)
  • piedra angular noun (base stone)
  • piedra angular noun (ceremonial stone)
  • primera piedra noun (ceremonial stone)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • batong-panulukan noun (ceremonial stone)
  • panulukang-bato noun (base stone)
  • panulukang-bato noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Turkish

1 entries
  • köşe taşı noun (base stone)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • нарі́жний ка́мінь noun (base stone)
  • нарі́жний ка́мінь noun (ceremonial stone)
  • нарі́жний ка́мінь noun (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • viên đá đầu tiên noun (ceremonial stone)

Welsh

2 entries
  • conglfaen noun (base stone)
  • conglfaen noun (ceremonial stone)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • earste stien noun (ceremonial stone)

Sample sentences

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Make solidarity and equal rights the cornerstone of public policy.

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It also forms a vital cornerstone of the strategy for sustainable development.

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And I would not be standing here this evening without the unyielding support of my best friend for the past 16 years, the cornerstone of our family, the love of my life, the First Lady of the nation, Michelle Obama.

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Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy.

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