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Adjective base has 7 senses
- basal, base - serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
Antonyms: incidental, incident (indirect, via basic)
- base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)
- base, baseborn, humble, lowly - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
Antonym: noble (indirect, via lowborn)
- base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical - not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
Antonym: right (indirect, via wrong)
- base, mean, meanspirited - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
Antonym: noble (indirect, via ignoble)
- base, baseborn - illegitimate
Antonym: legitimate (indirect, via illegitimate)
- base - debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
Antonyms: genuine, echt (indirect, via counterfeit)
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