well-founded
well-founded adjective: based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
Adjective
well-founded (comparative more well-founded, superlative most well-founded)
- Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
- Synonyms:
- well-grounded, on solid ground, legitimate
- Antonyms:
- ill-founded, ill-grounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, unjustified
- Properly substantiated.
- After the crisis had passed, certain well-founded proposals were revived, and resulted in important additions to the railway network of the country.1946 September and October, “Speculation Run Riot”, in Railway Magazine, page 269
- Synonyms:
- well-grounded
- Antonyms:
- ill-founded, ill-grounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, unjustified
- Of a binary relation: such that every non-empty subset of the relation's domain has a minimal element with respect to the relation.
- well-founded relation
well-founded meaning in Kannada
well-founded in Kannada
- ಭದ್ರ ಬುನಾದಿಯ, ಸಾಧಾರ, ಆಧಾರಸಹಿತವಾದ
Synonyms of well-founded
Antonyms
Forms of well-founded
| comparative | more well-founded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most well-founded |
Words formed from well-founded
Questions about well-founded
- What does well-founded mean?
- Well-founded means based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
- What is well-founded in Kannada?
- Well-founded in Kannada is ಭದ್ರ ಬುನಾದಿಯ, ಸಾಧಾರ, ಆಧಾರಸಹಿತವಾದ. See Well-founded meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is well-founded?
- Well-founded is an adjective.
Words near well-founded in the dictionary
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