English Explanatory Dictionary

well-founded

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
  2. Properly substantiated.
  3. Of a binary relation: such that every non-empty subset of the relation's domain has a minimal element with respect to the relation.

Word forms

well-founded more well-founded most well-founded

Synonyms

well-grounded on solid ground

Antonyms

ill-founded ill-grounded groundless baseless flimsy unjustified

Related words

foundation founding ground grounding
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