Ground

//ɡɹaʊnd//

Synonyms for "ground" (633 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (127)

background earth establish flat coat footing land reason a priori principle abyss abyssal zone acres affirmation agora air brush air space airspace alluvion alluvium ambition amphitheater

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anchor angle antecedent antecedents apriorism arable land area arena argument art paper aspiration assertion assumed position assumption athletic field auditorium axiom back backdrop base basement basin basis bassalia bathyal zone beach bear garden bearing wall bed bedding bedrock belt benthos billiard table blow down blow over bottom bottom waters bottomless depths bottommost bowl bowl down bowl over bowling green boxing ring branny bring down broaden the mind brush build build in bull ring bulldog call calling camera lucida camera obscura campus canvas carpet cast away cast down catechize categorical proposition causation cause cause and effect chalk chalklike chalky channel charcoal chop down chromogen cincture circus civilize clay clod close coach coat coat of paint coating cockpit coliseum color color filter color gelatin colorant coloring colosseum comminute comminuted compass confine confines confirm consideration container continental shelf coop

Noun(3 words)

earth background basis

Verb(2 words)

anchor base

Strong matches (190)

corridor coulee country course court courtyard cover crayon crushed crust curtilage cut down dash down data dead flat dead level dead-color deck deep deep-dye

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define delimited field demonstrate demonstration department depend deposit determinant determinative detrital detrited device direct dirt disintegrated distance distemper district division down drawing paper drawing pencil dregs drier drop dry land dust dusty dye dyestuff easel edify educate efflorescent electrical parts and devices element embed enclave enclosure engraft engrave enlighten entrench environs esplanade etch etiology evidence excuse exterior paint factor farinaceous fell fetch down field fine first principles fix fixative flaky flat flat wash flatland flatten floor floor covering floor enamel flooring floury fold fond forum found foundation freehold fundament fundamental furfuraceous generator get stranded give instruction give lessons in glebe goal gone to dust good reason grassland grated grounds groundwork guide guiding light guiding star gym gymnasium hall hardpan heartland hew hew down hinterland hippodrome homaloid horizontal horizontal axis horizontal fault horizontal line horizontal parallax horizontal plane horizontal projection hypothesis hypothesis ad hoc ideal illumine imbed impact impalpable implant impress imprint infix inform infrastructure ingrain initiate inner space inscribe inspiration install instance instruct insulate intention interior paint invest isolate jam justification knock down knock over landholding landholdings lay figure lay level lay low lay out lay the foundation ledge lees lemma level level line level plane levigated list lists lithosphere loam locale lodestar lodge

Noun(5 words)

dry land electric shock flat coat footing land

Verb(4 words)

earth establish found gate

Related words (316)

lowest mainspring major premise marginal land marketplace marl mat material basis matter maulstick mealy mean sea level medium milieu milled minor premise mise-en-scene mold motivation motive

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mould moulder mouldy mow down neighborhood nethermost occasion ocean bottom ocean depths ocean floor offshore rights opaque color open forum open the eyes organize pack paint paintbrush palaestra pale palette palette knife paling parade ground park parquet part parterre parts pastel patch pave pavement paving pelagic zone pen pencil perspective pestled philosopheme pigment pigments pile up pit pitch place plain plane plant platform position post postulate postulation postulatum powdered powdery prairie precinct precincts precipitate precipitation predicate premise premises prepare presupposition prime prime coat primer priming principle print prize ring proof proposition propositional function prostrate public square pull down pulverant pulverized pulverulent purlieu purlieus put in put up quad quadrangle quarter radical range rase rationale raze real estate real property rear reduced to powder reeducate region regolith relay rest right ring riprap rock bottom rock-bottom root rudiment run aground sake salient scaly scene scene of action scenery school scobicular scobiform scope score scratchboard scurfy sea level sea of grass seat section sediment send headlong set set in set right set up setting settle settlings sharded sharpen the wits shipwreck show show how shredded siccative sill site sketchbook sketchpad sod soil solid ground solid rock source space spatula sphere spray gun spread eagle spread-eagle spring square squared circle stadium stage stage set stage setting stain stamp stand standing standpoint statement station status stay steppe stereobate stereotype stimulus strand stump stylobate subaerial deposit subsoil substance substratum substruction substructure sumption supinate supposal surfacing sustain table take down take the ground teach teach a lesson teach the rudiments tempera terra terra firma terrace terrain territory test testimony the country the deep the deep sea the deeps the depths theater theorem thesis thinner three-mile limit throw throw down tilting ground tiltyard tinction tincture title toft topple topsoil track train transparent color trench trial trip triturated truth table truth-function truth-value tumble turf turpentine turps tutor twelve-mile limit ulterior motive underbuilding undercarriage undercoat undercoating undergirding undermost underpinning understruction understructure varnish vehicle venue vest vicinage vicinity viewpoint vocation walk warrant wash wash coat water level wedge whack down wherefore why whyfor woodland wreck wrestling ring yard zone

Adjective(1 words)

milled

Noun(14 words)

munny occasion primer primer coat priming priming coat reason soil solid ground support terra firma topic track undercoat

Verb(4 words)

prime run aground strand undercoat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

17 relation types

More general

57 entries

arrive at aspect attain coat of paint confine connect connecter connection connective connector connexion constrain fasten fix foundation gain

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More specific

33 entries

break ground breeding ground burial ground campground camping ground common ground cricket ground cumber ground fairground gain ground give ground high ground home ground lose ground middle ground moral high ground

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Antonyms

7 entries

air ceiling figure roof seal sky water

Synonyms

10 entries

anchor background earth establish flat coat footing get stranded land prime reason

Related terms

2 entries

floor terra firma

at location

1 entries

tree

capable of

1 entries

freeze in winter

defined as

1 entries

outermost part of earth

derived

310 entries

Battle Ground Brehm's ground parrot Brussels ground Brussels wire ground English terms starting with Saint Croix ground lizard Skinner's ground mantis Tom Tidler's ground Tommy Tiddler's ground above ground above-ground aboveground absorbent ground aground air-to-ground archery ground

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distinct from

4 entries

air ceiling floor sky

etymologically related_to

2 entries

grind milled

form of

1 entries

grind

has context

12 entries

architecture art baseball canadian cricket electricity fine arts football historical metaphorical music us

has property

1 entries

sandy in country

is a

8 entries

another name for soil connection exanimate thing military position natural inanimate thing naturally occurring tangible substance percept surface

manner of

7 entries

connect hit put reach restrain teach throw

related to

278 entries

aircraft area arena artistic background base base earth basis bat batsman beans beef below below ceiling below feet below floor

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Translations

399 translations across 101 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

dhe noun (soil, earth)
faqja noun (surface of the Earth)
toka noun (soil, earth)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

ἀλητός adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
γῆ noun (soil, earth)
χθών noun (soil, earth)
ἔδαφος noun (surface of the Earth)

Ao

1 entries

ali (Chungli) noun (surface of the Earth)

Arabic

3 entries

أَرْض noun (surface of the Earth)
أَرْض noun (soil, earth)
مَلْعَب كُرَة قَدَم noun (football stadium)

Armenian

4 entries

գետին noun (surface of the Earth)
հատակ noun (bottom of a body of water)
հիմք noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
հող noun (soil, earth)

Aromanian

1 entries

pimintu noun (soil, earth)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

döymə adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
dib noun (bottom of a body of water)
fon noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)
torpaq noun (soil, earth)

Baluchi

1 entries

زمین noun (surface of the Earth)

Belarusian

4 entries

грунт noun (surface of the Earth)
дно noun (bottom of a body of water)
зямля́ noun (surface of the Earth)
зямля́ noun (soil, earth)

Bulgarian

4 entries

смлян adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
ба́за noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
дъ́но noun (bottom of a body of water)
заземя́ване noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)

Burmese

1 entries

မြေ noun (soil, earth)

Catalan

4 entries

mòlt adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
camp noun (football stadium)
fons noun (bottom of a body of water)
punt de terra noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)

Chamicuro

1 entries

c̈hijta noun (surface of the Earth)

Chechen

1 entries

латта noun (surface of the Earth)

Chinese

1 entries

ди noun (surface of the Earth)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

土 noun (soil, earth)
土壤 noun (soil, earth)
地 noun (surface of the Earth)
地 noun (soil, earth)

Church Slavic

1 entries

дъно noun (bottom of a body of water)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲓⲧⲉⲛ noun (surface of the Earth)

Czech

4 entries

mletý adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
dno noun (bottom of a body of water)
země noun (surface of the Earth)
základ noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)

Dalmatian

2 entries

tara noun (soil, earth)
tiara noun (soil, earth)

Danish

1 entries

grund noun (surface of the Earth)

Dutch

4 entries

aarde noun (soil, earth)
aarding noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)
achtergrond noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)
bodem noun (surface of the Earth)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

аварок noun (soil, earth)

Egyptian

1 entries

tA:N23*Z1 noun (surface of the Earth)

Esperanto

1 entries

tero noun (surface of the Earth)

Finnish

4 entries

jauhettu adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
jalkapallostadion noun (football stadium)
kari noun (bottom of a body of water)
kehys noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)

French

4 entries

haché adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
moulu adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
base noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
fond noun (bottom of a body of water)

Friulian

1 entries

tiere noun (soil, earth)

Gagauz

1 entries

er noun (surface of the Earth)

Galician

4 entries

moído adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
mudo adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
chan noun (soil, earth)
terra noun (soil, earth)

Georgian

4 entries

მიწა noun (surface of the Earth)
მიწა noun (soil, earth)
ნიადაგი noun (soil, earth)
ხმელეთი noun (surface of the Earth)

German

4 entries

gemahlen adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
Boden noun (surface of the Earth)
Boden noun (soil, earth)
Erdboden noun (surface of the Earth)

Greek

4 entries

αλεσμένος adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
έδαφος noun (surface of the Earth)
έδαφος noun (soil, earth)
έδαφος noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

tè noun (soil, earth)

Hebrew

2 entries

קַרְקַע noun (surface of the Earth)
קרקע noun (surface of the Earth)

Higaonon

1 entries

bugta noun (surface of the Earth)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

duta noun (surface of the Earth)

Hindi

3 entries

ज़मीन noun (surface of the Earth)
ज़मीन noun (soil, earth)
भूतल noun (surface of the Earth)

Hungarian

4 entries

darált adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
őrölt adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
alap noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
alap noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)

Icelandic

1 entries

grund noun (surface of the Earth)

Indonesian

1 entries

tanah noun (soil, earth)

Ingrian

2 entries

gruntti noun (soil, earth)
maa noun (soil, earth)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

زَمین noun (surface of the Earth)
زَمین noun (soil, earth)

Irish

4 entries

bonn noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)
páirc noun (football stadium)
sreang thalmhaithe noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)
talamh noun (surface of the Earth)

Italian

4 entries

macinato adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
base noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
campo noun (football stadium)
dintorni noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)

Japanese

4 entries

土 noun (surface of the Earth)
土 noun (soil, earth)
土壌 noun (soil, earth)
地 noun (surface of the Earth)

Javanese

4 entries

lemah noun (surface of the Earth)
lemah noun (soil, earth)
siti noun (surface of the Earth)
siti noun (soil, earth)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

txon noun (soil, earth)

Kalmyk

1 entries

үүлсн adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)

Khmer

2 entries

ដី noun (surface of the Earth)
ដី noun (soil, earth)

Korean

4 entries

땅 noun (surface of the Earth)
땅 noun (soil, earth)
바닥 noun (bottom of a body of water)
바탕 noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жер noun (surface of the Earth)

Lao

2 entries

ດິນ noun (surface of the Earth)
ດິນ noun (soil, earth)

Latin

2 entries

molitus adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
solum noun (surface of the Earth)

Lithuanian

1 entries

maltas adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)

Lombard

1 entries

tera noun (soil, earth)

Lü

1 entries

ᦡᦲᧃ noun (surface of the Earth)

Macedonian

3 entries

дно noun (bottom of a body of water)
зе́мја noun (soil, earth)
земја noun (surface of the Earth)

Maltese

1 entries

art noun (soil, earth)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠨᠠ noun (surface of the Earth)
ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ noun (surface of the Earth)

Māori

1 entries

papa whenua noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)

Navajo

1 entries

niʼ noun (surface of the Earth)

Norwegian

1 entries

bakke noun (surface of the Earth)

Occitan

1 entries

tèrra noun (soil, earth)

Ojibwe

2 entries

aki noun (surface of the Earth)
ᐊᑭ noun (surface of the Earth)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

дъно noun (bottom of a body of water)

Old English

4 entries

eorþe noun (surface of the Earth)
eorþe noun (soil, earth)
grund noun (bottom of a body of water)
grund noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

chão noun (surface of the Earth)

Old High German

1 entries

grunt noun (surface of the Earth)

Oromo

2 entries

dachee noun (surface of the Earth)
lafa noun (surface of the Earth)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

ارض noun (soil, earth)
تراب noun (soil, earth)
طوپراق noun (soil, earth)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

Grunt noun (surface of the Earth)
Ieed noun (surface of the Earth)
Ieed noun (soil, earth)

Polish

4 entries

mielony adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
baza noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
dno noun (bottom of a body of water)
gleba noun (soil, earth)

Portuguese

4 entries

moído adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
aterramento noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)
campo noun (football stadium)
chão noun (surface of the Earth)

Romanian

4 entries

pământ noun (surface of the Earth)
pământ noun (soil, earth)
sol noun (surface of the Earth)
împământare noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)

Russian

4 entries

мо́лотый adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
ба́за noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)
грунт noun (surface of the Earth)
грунт noun (soil, earth)

Sanskrit

2 entries

पिष्ट adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
भूतल noun (surface of the Earth)

Sardinian

1 entries

terra noun (soil, earth)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

talamh noun (soil, earth)
ùir noun (soil, earth)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mljeven adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
dnȍ noun (bottom of a body of water)
zèmlja noun (surface of the Earth)
дно̏ noun (bottom of a body of water)

Sicilian

1 entries

solu noun (surface of the Earth)

Slovak

4 entries

dno noun (bottom of a body of water)
pôda noun (soil, earth)
zem noun (surface of the Earth)
zem noun (soil, earth)

Slovene

2 entries

dno noun (bottom of a body of water)
zemlja noun (surface of the Earth)

Southern Altai

2 entries

тобрак noun (surface of the Earth)
јер noun (surface of the Earth)

Spanish

4 entries

cueshte adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
molido adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
picado adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
base noun (basis, foundation, groundwork)

Swedish

4 entries

mald adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
backe noun (surface of the Earth)
bakgrund noun (background, context, framework, surroundings)
grund noun (surface of the Earth)

Tagalog

2 entries

lupa noun (surface of the Earth)
sayad noun (electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential)

Tajik

1 entries

замин noun (surface of the Earth)

Tamil

2 entries

போர்க்களம் noun (historical: area on which a battle is fought)
மைதானம் noun (place suited to a specified activity)

Thai

2 entries

ดิน noun (surface of the Earth)
ดิน noun (soil, earth)

Tocharian A

2 entries

tkaṃ noun (surface of the Earth)
tkaṃ noun (soil, earth)

Tocharian B

2 entries

keṃ noun (surface of the Earth)
keṃ noun (soil, earth)

Tonga (Zambia)

1 entries

ansi noun (surface of the Earth)

Turkish

1 entries

yer noun (surface of the Earth)

Ugaritic

2 entries

𐎀𐎗𐎕 noun (surface of the Earth)
𐎀𐎗𐎕 noun (soil, earth)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ме́лений adj (crushed or reduced to small particles)
дно noun (bottom of a body of water)
земля́ noun (surface of the Earth)
ґрунт noun (surface of the Earth)

Urdu

3 entries

بُھوتَل noun (surface of the Earth)
زَمِین noun (surface of the Earth)
زَمِین noun (soil, earth)

West-Frisian

1 entries

grûn noun (surface of the Earth)

Western Apache

1 entries

niʼ noun (surface of the Earth)

Woiwurrung

2 entries

biik noun (surface of the Earth)
naRap noun (surface of the Earth)

Yagara

1 entries

dhagun noun (surface of the Earth)

Sample sentences

55 total sentences available.

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I can't agree to your proposal on the ground that it is not fair and reasonable.

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The hot sun baked the ground dry.

Source: tatoeba (19231)

When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.

Source: tatoeba (21578)

The pirates buried their treasure in the ground.

Source: tatoeba (22160)

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