I have made a foothold.
Source: tatoeba (259237)
Foothold
//ˈfʊthoʊld//
Synonyms for "foothold" (42 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- опора noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- плацдарм noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
- предмостие noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
Danish
1 entries- fodfæste noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Esperanto
1 entries- piedtenejo noun ((by extension) a secure position)
Finnish
4 entries- jalansija noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- jalansija noun ((by extension) a secure position)
- jalansija noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
- sillanpää noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
French
1 entries- point d'appui noun (a solid grip with the feet)
German
2 entries- Halt noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- fester Stand noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Greek
2 entries- βάση noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- βάση noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
Irish
1 entries- lán coise noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Macedonian
3 entries- мо́стобран noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
- по́тпора noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- ста́пка noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fotfeste noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fotfeste noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Portuguese
1 entries- apoio para os pés noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Russian
3 entries- опо́ра для ноги́ noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- опо́рный пункт noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
- плацда́рм noun (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement)
Spanish
2 entries- apoyatura podal noun (a solid grip with the feet)
- punto de apoyo noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Swedish
1 entries- fotfäste noun (a solid grip with the feet)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.
Source: tatoeba (5287252)
The festivities were held as usual this year, extending through most of February, precisely when the coronavirus was taking a foothold in America.
Source: tatoeba (8651664)
Britain is apparently working to get a foothold in Algeria.
Source: tatoeba (9787351)
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.