Synonyms for base

noun

• 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
• lowest support of a structure
• a support or foundation
• the most important or necessary part of something
• a place that the runner must touch before scoring
• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
• a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
• a lower limit
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
• installation from which a military force initiates operations
• a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
• (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
• (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• the bottom or lowest part
• the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
• the principal ingredient of a mixture

adjective

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
• illegitimate
• serving as or forming a base
• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
• not adhering to ethical or moral principles
• debased; not genuine
• (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

verb

• use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
• use as a basis for; found on
• situate as a center of operations