Fundament Synonyms

fŭndə-mənt
That on which something immaterial, such as an argument or a charge, rests
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. underpinning
  2. base
  3. basis
  4. footing
  5. foundation
  6. ground
  7. groundwork
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A fundamental principle or underlying concept
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. basis
  2. base
  3. foundation
  4. cornerstone
  5. fundamental
  6. root
  7. rudiment
  8. groundwork

Fundament Sentence Examples

  • His main principles will be found in his Dat Fundament des Christelycken Leers (1 539, 8vo).

  • In order for such higher art to exist it must have a healthy popular fundament to support it, to paraphrase Pound.

  • And whenever things threaten to disappear up their own fundament, director Michael Cabot skilfully nudges humor into the fore.

  • The development of the Kantian standpoint contained in the "New Theory of Human Understanding" (1789), and in the Fundament des philosophischen Wissens (1791), was called by its author Elementarphilosophie.

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