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grounded
adjective as in aware
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alive, appreciative, apprehensive, attentive, awake, cognizant, conscious, familiar, informed, mindful, receptive, wise
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acquainted, alert, appraised, apprised, au courant, cool, enlightened, go-go, groovy, heedful, hip, in the know, in the picture, into, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned-in, up on, wise to, wised up, with it
adjective as in cognizant
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apprehensive, conscious, informed, judicious, knowledgeable, observant
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acquainted, alive, au courant, awake, conversant, down with, familiar, hep to, hip to, in on, in the know, in the picture, knowing, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, savvy, sensible, sentient, tuned-in, up on, versed, wise to, with it, witting
adjective as in confined
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bound, chilled, compassed, cramp, detained, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, incarcerated, indisposed, invalided, jailed, pent, sick
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bedfast, bedridden, bottled-up, cooped up, flattened out, in chains, in jail, incommodious, laid up, locked up, on ice, sealed up, shut-in
adjective as in familiar
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abreast, apprised, at home with, au courant, au fait, cognizant, conscious, in on, in the know, informed, introduced, kept posted, mindful, no stranger to, plugged in, tuned-in, up, up on, versed in, well up in, with it
adjective as in initiated
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accepted, acknowledged, admitted, coached, confirmed, conscripted, inducted, installed, tutored
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adjective as in learned
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accomplished, educated, scholarly, scientific, studied, well-educated
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abstruse, academic, bookish, brainy, conversant, deep, erudite, esoteric, expert, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studious, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded
adjective as in punished
adjective as in rooted
adjective as in stranded
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cast away, godforsaken, high and dry, homeless, left at the altar, left in the lurch, out in left field, passed up, penniless, run aground
adjective as in stuck
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adjective as in versant
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abreast, acquainted, apprised, at home with, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, in on, in the know, informed, introduced, kept posted, mindful, no stranger to, plugged in, tuned-in, up, up on, versed in, well up in, with it
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Though it’s more grounded than Dan and Eugene Levy’s farce—the generation gap between immigrant parents and their Canadian kids is a big theme—both series feature quirky characters who care deeply for each other.
Singapore Airlines ultimately didn’t follow through on the flights to nowhere idea, opting instead in October for a grounded experience that offered customers dinner and a movie on a double-decker A380 plane for $37 to $440.
Come up off your grounded hand, and bring your torso to an upright position.
AirAsia has now been grounded on this route by the Indonesians.
He was a dreamer, an idealist, grounded in the reality he observed around him.
Few cared about the grounded luxury jets that offered all manner of in-flight comforts—those were meant for the princelings.
Patterson was certain this grounded youngster would not survive if he just left her there.
After the attack, Daryl sits and talks with him, keeping him grounded.
And the lead wire from the aerials, well grounded, was brought directly in from overhead and connected with the radio set.
If it spreads beyond his premises and harms others his liability for the harm must be grounded on his negligence.
If a boatman has grounded the ship of a man and has refloated her, he shall give money to half her price.
As he spoke another raft took the shore, and then they grounded so rapidly that it was impossible to count them.
As the boat grounded upon the other shore, a piece of shell tore through his drum.
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On this page you'll find 366 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grounded, such as: alive, appreciative, apprehensive, attentive, awake, and cognizant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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