basis
Ground to stand on
Basis is the foundation or underlying principle on which something rests.
A decision has a basis in fact or logic; an argument stands on a solid basis or a shaky one.
The phrase on the basis of means according to or because of: Candidates were selected on the basis of experience.
Something done on a daily basis happens every day—though "daily" alone usually suffices.
Solid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- frameworkUnderlying support system
infrastructure · pillar · support · backbone · substructure · footing · platform · anchorage
Point of origin
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- genesisPoint of creation
- beginningInitial stage of something
- inceptionFounding moment
seed · birth · starting point · wellspring · fountainhead · derivation · antecedent · precursor
Basis or justification
- justificationReason proving rightness
- groundsBasis for justification
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
logic · explanation · reasoning · motive · warrant · case · thinking · rationale
Level of quality accepted
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- measureUnit of quantity
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
- parameterBoundary-setting factor
metric · guideline · principle · norm · gauge · test · rubric · touchstone
Unverified belief accepted as true
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- postulateAssumed starting point
presumption · supposition · conjecture · proposition · tenet · principle · doctrine · framework
Central essential portion
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- primaryChief in importance
- elementaryOf first principles
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
underlying · intrinsic · integral · cardinal · central · principal · key · main
bedrock
Solid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
framework · infrastructure · pillar · support · backbone · substructure · footing · platform · anchorage · scaffolding
source
Point of origin
inception · seed · birth · starting point · wellspring · fountainhead · derivation · antecedent · precursor · provenance
reason
Basis or justification
- justificationReason proving rightness
- groundsBasis for justification
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
argument · logic · explanation · reasoning · motive · warrant · case · thinking · rationale · pretext
standard
Level of quality accepted
parameter · metric · guideline · principle · norm · gauge · test · rubric · touchstone · reference
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
postulate · presumption · supposition · conjecture · proposition · tenet · principle · doctrine · framework · paradigm
core
Central essential portion
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- primaryChief in importance
- elementaryOf first principles
rudimentary · underlying · intrinsic · integral · cardinal · central · principal · key · main · crucial
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
- fundamentalsbasics, fundamentals, essentials, foundation, ABCs
- principlesprinciple, ethics, tenet, morals, axiom
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- originalsoriginal, authentic, genuine, prototype, archetype
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
basisconclusion
End or deduction
culmination · peak · apex · pinnacle · zenith
- based onHaving as source
- home baseCentral point of operations
- first baseDiamond's rightfield corner bag
- second baseMiddle infield bag
- off baseInaccurate or mistaken
- third baseInfield position near home
base, basic, basement, based, basically, bases, debase, baseless, basing