Base Synonyms and Antonyms

Having or proceeding from low moral standards

Lacking high station or birth

The bottom, thought of as a support

A point from which action is initiated

Foundation of a belief or statement

A goal, especially in baseball

The main part of a word to which affixes are attached

To provide a basis for

Fundamental

Any compound that can react with an acid to form a salt, the hydroxyl of the base being replaced by a negative ion: in modern theory, any substance that produces a negative ion and donates electrons to an acid to form covalent bonds: in water solution a base tastes bitter, turns red litmus paper blue, and, in dissociation theory, produces free hydroxyl ions

A terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

A place that the runner must touch before scoring

Illegitimate

Installation from which a military force initiates operations