Foundation

Noun

 * 1) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
 * 2) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis; underbuilding.
 * 3)  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
 * 4) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
 * 5) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
 * 6)  Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.

Adjectives for Foundation
massive; explanatory; moral; splendid; well-laid; unorthodox; rational; permanent; slender; substantial; antiquated; shifting; virtual; respectable; monstrous; dangerous; durable; treacherous; solid; floating; everlasting; enviable; philosophic; sufficient; economical; lasting; broad; crumbling; reciprocal; thrilling; slenderizing.

Verbs for Foundation
build—; correct—; deprive of—; dig at—; erect—; founder at—; ground on—; jeopardize—; lay—; protect—; ruffle—; sap—; shake—; strike at—; undermine—; —crumbles; —remains; —shudders; —stands; —supports.

Synonyms for Foundation
substructure, origin, root, ground, basis, base, bottom, footing, understructure, rudiments, elements, groundwork, underpinning; establishment, endowment, institution.

Antonyms for Foundation
roof, dome, apex, crown, superstructure, arch, spire, tower, top, cupola, peak, pinnacle, vertex, summit.

Thesaurus
base, baseboard, basement, basic, basic training, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, beginning, blast-off, bottom, briefing, call, categorical proposition, cause, cellar, chassis, clearing the decks, clown white, cold cream, colonization, commencement, compact, constitution, cosmetics, creation, cutting edge, dado, data, dawn, dot, dower, dowry, drugstore complexion, edge, effectuation, endowment, equipment, establishment, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, familiarization, first principles, fixation, fixing, floor, flooring, flying start, fond, foot, footing, formation, foundation cream, foundational, founding, frame, fresh start, fundament, fundamental, good reason, greasepaint, ground, grounds, groundwork, hand cream, hand lotion, hardpan, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, inauguration, inception, infrastructure, initiation, installation, installment, institute, instituting, institution, investiture, investment, jointure, jump-off, keel, kick-off, leading edge, legal jointure, lemma, lip rouge, lipstick, lodgment, major premise, makeready, makeup, making ready, manufacture, marriage portion, mascara, material basis, materialization, minor premise, mobilization, mooring, mopboard, mudpack, nadir, nail polish, new departure, oncoming, onset, opening, organization, organizing, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, paint, pavement, peopling, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, pillar, planning, plantation, population, portion, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, powder, powder puff, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, premise, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, presupposition, pretreatment, primary, principle, processing, propaedeutic, proposition, propositional function, provision, puff, purpose, radical, raison d'etre, rationale, readying, realization, reason, rest, right, riprap, rock, rock bottom, rouge, rudiment, running start, seat, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, settlement, settling, shoemold, sill, sole, solid ground, solid rock, spadework, square one, start, start-off, starting point, statement, stereobate, stylobate, substance, substratum, substruction, substructure, sumption, supposal, take-off, talcum, talcum powder, terra firma, theorem, thesis, thirds, toe, tower, training, treatment, trial, truth table, truth-function, truth-value, tryout, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlying, underpinning, understruction, understructure, vanishing cream, vanity case, wainscot, war paint, warm-up, warrant

Etymology
From fundatio:.

Translations

 * Arabic: إنشاء, إشادة, إيجاد, تأسيس, رفع
 * Armenian: հիմնադրում, հիմնում
 * Catalan: fundació
 * Czech:
 * Danish: grundlæggelse
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ייסוד (yesud), כינון (kinun)
 * Occitan:


 * Polish: założenie, ufundowanie
 * Romanian: fondare, întemeiere, înființare, fundamentare- ; fundație, temelie
 * Russian: основание,
 * Serbo-Croatian: utemeljenje, osnivanje,  fundiranje,  zasnivanje
 * Simplified Chinese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: grundläggning
 * Turkish: kuruluş


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: fundació
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: (concrete),
 * German:
 * Hebrew: יסוד, בָּסִיס /bɑsis/
 * Icelandic:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: بناغه


 * Norwegian: Fundament
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: фундамент, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: podloga, fundament
 * Sindhi: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: grund, fundament
 * Turkish: temel
 * Welsh: sylfaen


 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: fundering
 * Finnish:
 * German: Fundament,
 * Greek: Θεμελιο, θεμέλιο
 * Hebrew: (tàshteet)
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: fondazione
 * Polish:


 * Romanian: fundație, temelie, bază
 * Russian: цоколь
 * Serbo-Croatian: temelj, fundament
 * Simplified Chinese:
 * Sindhi: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: grund, bas
 * Turkish: kāide


 * Finnish: peruspääoma
 * Romanian: fundație
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: fondacija, zadužbina
 * Sindhi:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: grundplåt, kapital, fond, arv, testamente, förmögenhet, stiftelse, donation
 * Turkish: kuruluş


 * Arabic: أوقاف, حبس, حبيس, حبيسة
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: fundació
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: קרן (keren)
 * Icelandic: stofnun
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ده‌سگا, ده‌زگا


 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: fundație
 * Russian:
 * Simplified Chinese:
 * Sindhi:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: stiftelse, fond
 * Turkish: vakıf, yardım kurumu


 * French: fond de teint
 * Hungarian: alapozó
 * Icelandic:
 * Polish: podkład


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: podloga
 * Swedish: foundation
 * Turkish: fondöten