Synonyms for foothold
noun ledgefooting
noun. foundation, basis
support
noun. something that holds up structure
- abutment
- agency
- back
- backing
- base
- bed
- bedding
- block
- brace
- buttress
- collar
- column
- cornerstone
- device
- flotation
- foothold
- footing
- foundation
- fulcrum
- groundwork
- guide
- hold
- lining
- means
- medium
- pillar
- platform
- pole
- post
- prop
- rampart
- reinforcement
- rest
- rib
- rod
- shore
- stake
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- stiffener
- stilt
- substratum
- substructure
- sustentation
- timber
- underpinning
supports
noun. something that holds up structure
- abutment
- agency
- back
- backing
- base
- bed
- bedding
- block
- brace
- buttress
- collar
- column
- cornerstone
- device
- flotation
- foothold
- footing
- foundation
- fulcrum
- groundwork
- guide
- hold
- lining
- means
- medium
- pillar
- platform
- pole
- post
- prop
- rampart
- reinforcement
- rest
- rib
- rod
- shore
- stake
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- stiffener
- stilt
- substratum
- substructure
- sustentation
- timber
- underpinning
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Example Sentences forfoothold
Somewhere on the foothold of the rocks men were lurking, I made sure.
It is so easy for him to get a foothold in a girl's heart here.
A new tributary for the archic man, and a foothold in the enemy's country.
He kicked into it with his feet, got a foothold, and worked the hole bigger.
He scrambled and fought desperately for foothold in the slipping earth.
A bright thought has managed to get a foothold in her brain.
Our attack will have as its objective the seizure of a foothold on the high ground.
Presently he worked himself up a little and at last got a foothold.
Who would ever have suspected that there had been in her life any foothold for tragedy?
It's too steep to plow, and only a goat could find a foothold on it to graze.