base (n.)
- acid
- acidity
- agent
- alkali
- alkalinity
- anchor
- angle
- anion
- antacid
- arrant
- atom
- background
- bad
- baluster
- balustrade
- banister
- baseboard
- basement
- basis
- bed
- bedding
- bedrock
- black
- bolster
- bottom
- build
- buttress
- caitiff
- call
- camp
- caryatid
- cation
- causation
- cause
- chassis
- chemical
- collector
- colonnade
- column
- common
- compact
- compound
- construct
- copolymer
- core
- counterfeit
- craven
- criminal
- crude
- dado
- dark
- dastard
- determinant
- determinative
- die
- dimer
- distance
- draw
- dreadful
- dunghill
- element
- emitter
- etiology
- evil
- factor
- fake
- fix
- floor
- flooring
- foot
- footing
- forbidding
- form
- foul
- found
- foundation
- frame
- framework
- fundament
- fundamental
- grave
- greasepaint
- gross
- ground
- grounds
- groundwork
- hardpan
- headquarters
- hinge
- home
- imperfect
- incompetent
- inferior
- infrastructure
- ion
- irregular
- isomer
- jack
- keel
- lipstick
- little
- lousy
- low
- low-down
- macromolecule
- makeup
- mascara
- mean
- menial
- molecule
- monomer
- mopboard
- nadir
- nasty
- occasion
- offensive
- oxyacid
- paint
- pavement
- pedestal
- pedicel
- peduncle
- perspective
- petty
- pier
- pilaster
- pile
- piling
- pillar
- pinchbeck
- pitch
- place
- plant
- plebeian
- plinth
- poky
- pole
- poltroon
- polymer
- poor
- position
- post
- powder
- predicate
- principle
- prop
- puff
- punk
- radical
- rank
- reagent
- recreant
- repellent
- reprobate
- reptilian
- rest
- ribald
- root
- rouge
- rude
- rudiment
- sad
- schlock
- scurvy
- seat
- seating
- selfish
- set
- shaft
- shoddy
- sill
- sinful
- small
- socle
- sole
- staff
- stalk
- stanchion
- stand
- standard
- standing
- start
- station
- status
- stay
- stem
- stimulus
- subbase
- substratum
- substructure
- support
- surbase
- takeoff
- talcum
- terrible
- theme
- toe
- transistor
- trimer
- trunk
- ugly
- undercarriage
- understructure
- unmentionable
- unwashed
- upright
- venue
- vest
- viewpoint
- vile
- wainscot
- warrant
- worst
- wrong
base (v.)
- anchor
- angle
- anion
- arrant
- background
- bad
- bed
- black
- bolster
- bottom
- build
- buttress
- call
- camp
- cation
- cause
- compact
- compound
- construct
- core
- corrupt
- counterfeit
- dado
- derive
- die
- dirty
- distance
- draw
- establish
- evil
- factor
- fake
- fix
- floor
- foot
- form
- foul
- found
- frame
- grave
- gross
- ground
- hinge
- home
- humble
- install
- invest
- ion
- jack
- keel
- lipstick
- little
- low
- mean
- occasion
- paint
- pile
- pitch
- place
- plant
- pole
- position
- post
- powder
- predicate
- profane
- prop
- puff
- rank
- reprobate
- rest
- root
- rouge
- rude
- seat
- secure
- set
- shaft
- sole
- staff
- stalk
- stand
- start
- station
- stay
- stem
- support
- theme
- toe
- undergird
- underlie
- upright
- vest
- vile
- warrant
- worst
- wrong
base (adj.)
- abhorrent
- abject
- abominable
- acid
- angle
- antacid
- arrant
- atrocious
- awful
- bad
- baseborn
- beastly
- bed
- beggarly
- biochemical
- black
- blackguardly
- blamable
- blameworthy
- bottom
- brutal
- caitiff
- camp
- cheap
- cheesy
- chemical
- coarse
- common
- compact
- compound
- contemptible
- core
- corrupt
- counterfeit
- cowardly
- craven
- criminal
- crude
- crummy
- damnable
- dark
- dastard
- dastardly
- debased
- deficient
- degraded
- degrading
- deplorable
- depraved
- despicable
- determinant
- determinative
- detestable
- die
- dire
- dirty
- disgraceful
- disgusting
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- distance
- downtrodden
- dreadful
- egregious
- enormous
- evil
- evil-minded
- execrable
- fake
- fetid
- filthy
- flagitious
- flagrant
- floor
- fond
- foot
- forbidding
- forged
- form
- foul
- found
- fraudulent
- fulsome
- fundamental
- grave
- grievous
- gross
- ground
- hateful
- heinous
- home
- horrible
- horrid
- humble
- humiliating
- ignoble
- ignominious
- imperfect
- improper
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecent
- infamous
- inferior
- iniquitous
- insufferable
- insufficient
- ion
- irregular
- jack
- knavish
- lamentable
- lascivious
- lewd
- little
- loathsome
- lousy
- low
- low-class
- low-down
- low-grade
- lowborn
- lowly
- lumpen
- maladroit
- malodorous
- mangy
- mean
- measly
- mediocre
- menial
- mephitic
- miasmal
- miasmic
- miserable
- monstrous
- nasty
- naughty
- nauseating
- nefarious
- noisome
- notorious
- noxious
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- obscene
- odious
- offensive
- ornery
- outrageous
- paltry
- peccant
- petty
- pinchbeck
- pitiable
- pitiful
- place
- plebeian
- poky
- poltroon
- poor
- pornographic
- post
- profane
- puff
- punk
- pusillanimous
- radical
- rank
- rascally
- rebarbative
- recreant
- regrettable
- repellent
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- reptilian
- repugnant
- repulsive
- rest
- revolting
- ribald
- roguish
- rotten
- rubbishy
- rude
- sad
- scabby
- scandalous
- scoundrelly
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scummy
- scurrilous
- scurvy
- seating
- second-best
- second-class
- secure
- seedy
- selfish
- servile
- set
- shabby
- shameful
- shocking
- shoddy
- sickening
- sinful
- slavish
- sleazy
- small
- sole
- sordid
- sorry
- spurious
- squalid
- staff
- standard
- standing
- start
- stinking
- submissive
- subservient
- support
- tacky
- tatty
- terrible
- third-rate
- tinny
- toe
- trashy
- trivial
- ugly
- unclean
- undignified
- unforgivable
- unmentionable
- unpardonable
- unseemly
- unskillful
- unspeakable
- unwashed
- unworthy
- upright
- venue
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- wicked
- woeful
- worst
- worthless
- wretched
- wrong
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards; their worthiest captains, best wits, greatest scholars, bravest spirits in all our annals, have been base [born].
Tully was not so eloquent as thou,
Thou nameless column with the buried base.
Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.
This laurel greener from the brows
Of him that utter'd nothing base.
O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?
Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.
Base is the slave that pays.
To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till we find it stopping a bung-hole?
Who is here so base that would be a bondman?
A foutre for the world and worldlings base!
I speak of Africa and golden joys.
