The clue “Foundation” has been used in multiple crossword puzzles, and these answers have appeared as correct solutions in those cases. This list highlights what’s been accepted repeatedly.
Likely Answers:
- BASIS
- BASE
- CORNERSTONE
- BED
- BEDROCK
- GROUNDING
- ROOT
- GROUND
- FOOTING
Synonyms and Definitions
BASIS
- Synonyms: base, cornerstone, footing, fundament, ground, groundwork
BASE
- Synonyms: al-qaida, al-qaeda, alkali, bag, basal, base of operations, baseborn, basis, establish, floor, foot, found, free-base, home, humble, immoral, infrastructure, lowly, mean, meanspirited, nucleotide, pedestal, qaeda, radical, radix, root, root word, stand, stem, substructure, theme, understructure
BED
- Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bonk, bottom, crawl in, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, go to bed, go to sleep, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hit the hay, hit the sack, hump, jazz, kip down, know, layer, lie with, love, make love, make out, retire, roll in the hay, sack out, screw, seam, sleep together, sleep with, turn in
BEDROCK
- Synonyms: basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals
GROUNDING
- Synonyms: anchor, earthing, prime, run aground, strand, undercoat
ROOT
- Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, beginning, etymon, origin, rootage, rootle, rout, settle, settle down, solution, source, steady down, take root, tooth root
GROUND
- Synonyms: background, bray, comminute, cranch, craunch, crunch, dig, drudge, dry land, earth, fag, flat coat, grate, grind, labor, labour, land, mash, moil, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, reason, soil, solid ground, terra firma, toil, travail
FOOTING
- Synonyms: foot up, foothold, hoof, hoof it, leg it, pick, terms
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- BASIS also appears as an answer in Creative inspiration crossword clue 4 and 5 letters.
- BASIS also appears as an answer in Starting point crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 13 letters.
- BASE also appears as an answer in Lowest point crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 letters.
- BASE also appears as an answer in Sordid crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- BASE also appears as an answer in Acid neutralizer crossword clue 4 and 6 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- BASE also appears as an answer in Bottom crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 letters.