groundwork

groundwork is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
2. noun. preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation

   "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

3. noun. lowest support of a structure

   "it was built on a base of solid rock"

   "he stood at the foot of the tower"

   Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, substructure, understructure

4. noun. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

   "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

   Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament

Synonyms

base, foot, foundation, fundament, substructure, understructure, basis, cornerstone

Common word forms

groundworks

Words from these letters

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