basis (n.)
- affirmation
- ambition
- angle
- aspiration
- assertion
- assumption
- axiom
- base
- basement
- bed
- bedding
- bedrock
- bottom
- burden
- call
- calling
- case
- causation
- cause
- chapter
- concern
- consideration
- data
- determinant
- determinative
- element
- essence
- etiology
- eye
- factor
- floor
- flooring
- footing
- foundation
- framework
- fundament
- fundamental
- gist
- goal
- ground
- grounds
- groundwork
- hardpan
- head
- heading
- heart
- hypothesis
- ideal
- infrastructure
- inspiration
- intention
- issue
- justification
- law
- lemma
- light
- lodestar
- mainspring
- matter
- meat
- motif
- motive
- occasion
- outlook
- pavement
- place
- point
- position
- postulate
- postulation
- premise
- presumption
- presupposition
- principle
- problem
- proposition
- question
- radical
- reason
- regard
- respect
- rest
- right
- root
- rubric
- rudiment
- sake
- score
- seat
- side
- sight
- sill
- situation
- slant
- source
- spring
- stand
- standpoint
- start
- statement
- stimulus
- subject
- substance
- substratum
- substructure
- sumption
- supposal
- system
- takeoff
- text
- theme
- theorem
- thesis
- topic
- undercarriage
- understructure
- universe
- view
- viewpoint
- vocation
- warrant
basis (adv.)
All government,—indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act,—is founded on compromise and barter.
