base

I. a.

1.

Inferior, of little or no worth, cheap, worthless.

2.

Debased, spurious, counterfeit, false.

3.

Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, lowly, humble, unknown, unhonored, base-born, of low birth.

4.

Mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally, abject, grovelling, low, venal.

5.

Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous, vile, villanous.

II. n.

1.

Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part, bottom, foot.

2.

(Surveying.) Base-line.

3.

(Chem.) Principal element (of a compound).

III. v. a.

Found, rest, establish. [Followed by on or upon.]