Word Meanings - BASELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Without a base; having no foundation or support. "The baseless fabric of this vision." Shak.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BASELESS)
- Groundless
- Vain
- supposititious
- unfounded
- baseless
- fanciful
- gratuitous
- chimerical
- false
- Visionary
- Fanciful
- dreamy
- shadowy
- imaginary
- unreal
- fabulous
- romantic
Related words: (words related to BASELESS)
- SHADOWY
1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon - FALSENESS
The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his - VISIONARY
1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given - IMAGINARY
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or quantity - ROMANTICAL
Romantic. - FALSE-FACED
Hypocritical. Shak. - ROMANTICIST
One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley. - CHIMERICAL
Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive. - FALSETTO
A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice. - GROUNDLESS
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n. - ROMANTICALY
In a romantic manner. - ROMANTIC
1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking. Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more - UNREALLY
In an unreal manner; ideally. - UNREALIZE
To make unreal; to idealize. His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch. Lowell. - CHIMERICALLY
Wildy; vainly; fancifully. - UNREAL
Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal. - GRATUITOUS
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. - FANCIFUL
1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. 2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful - SUPPOSITITIOUS
1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon. 2. Suppositional; hypothetical. Woodward. -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, - FALSE
Not in tune. False arch , a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing, - DIVISIONARY
Divisional. - NECROMANTIC; NECROMANTICAL
Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. -- Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly, adv. - PROVISIONARY
Provisional. Burke. - HYDROMANTIC
Of or pertaining to divination by water. - REVISIONAL; REVISIONARY
Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.