Word Type

Noun

The word "basement" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

attic upstairs

Typical Location

building canada cellar church closet home office building own house

Defined As

bottom lowest floor in most buildings lowest part of house underground level of building

Derived Terms

English basement Michigan basement bargain basement bargain-basement basement apartment basement battler basement dweller basement membrane basement-dweller basement-dwelling basemented basementful basementless basementlike basementward iceberg basement nonbasement semi-basement semibasement subbasement

Derived From

base

Context

geology sports

Has Property

finished or unfinished similar to cellar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

floor level storey story support

Type Of (IsA)

example of underground area floor level of construction part of building place room room below house room under house support

Part Of

building house

Receives Action

flooded

Related Terms

attic below below house bottom bottom floor cellar conference dampness downstairs floor foundation furnace furnace room garden garden level ground level heater house houses igneous in house level lower lower level lowest lowest floor main main level mass metamorphic platform rock room room in sedimentary standings storage under under house underground underground room water water heater

Synonym Network

cellar

Used For

access to circuits access to heating unit access to plumbing have workshop playing hide and seek protection from tornadoes providing shelter storage of produce store old boxes store things store wine storing items storing things

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.