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grounded
adjective as in aware
Strongest matches
alive, appreciative, apprehensive, attentive, awake, cognizant, conscious, familiar, informed, mindful, receptive, wise
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
apprehensive, conscious, informed, judicious, knowledgeable, observant
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
Strong matches
bound, chilled, compassed, cramp, detained, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, incarcerated, indisposed, invalided, jailed, pent, sick
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
Strong matches
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, coached, confirmed, conscripted, inducted, installed, tutored
Weak matches
adjective as in learned
Strongest matches
accomplished, educated, scholarly, scientific, studied, well-educated
Strong matches
Weak matches
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
Strong matches
Weak matches
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
Strong match
Weak match
adjective as in versant
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
A try would have extended the hosts' lead to 22-3, however the video official picked up on a slight knock-on by Cowan-Dickie as he grounded, causing the score to be wiped off.
Santa Margarita sparked its second drive with a successful onside kick grounded by Hunter McKinney.
He added that Bolivia's ability to address the problem was limited, with helicopters and planes grounded due to a lack of money for insurance or spare parts.
That vision rose from its grounded beginnings to a place of global importance.
The state’s report notes that aircraft were temporarily grounded because of high winds on Jan. 7 and 8 as the fire rapidly spread.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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