fundament

1. 1.

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

   “the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture”

   Synonymsbasisbasefoundationgroundworkcornerstone

   Broaderassumption

   Narrowermeat and potatoes

   Part ofexplanation
2. 2.

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   “he deserves a good kick in the butt”

   “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

   Synonymsbuttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanhindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrear

   Broaderbody part

   Part oftorso
3. 3.

   lowest support of a structure

   “it was built on a base of solid rock”

   “he stood at the foot of the tower”

   Synonymsfoundationbasefootgroundworksubstructureunderstructure

   Broadersupport

   Narrowerbedraft foundation

   Part ofstructure

Other forms of fundament

plural

fundaments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fundament

What does fundament mean?

fundament means "the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fundament?

fundament has 3 syllables: fun-da-ment. The stress falls on "fun".

What is another word for fundament?

Close synonyms include basis, base, foundation, groundwork, cornerstone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fundament a common word?

fundament is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.