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Definitions

grounded

[groun-did] / ˈgraʊn dɪd /

ADJECTIVE

aware

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Antonyms

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heedless ignorant inattentive neglectful unaware unconscious unfamiliar unfriendly uninformed unknowledgeable

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insensitive

ADJECTIVE

cognizant

Synonyms

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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

Antonyms

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ignorant indifferent senseless thoughtless unaware uninformed unmindful

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unfamiliar unknowledgeable unwitting

ADJECTIVE

confined

Synonyms

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circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted

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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

Antonyms

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healthy well

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free liberated unlimited

ADJECTIVE

familiar

Synonyms

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acquainted aware conversant

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savvy versant

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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

Antonyms

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ignorant

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aloof cold cool distant foreign new reserved strange unacquainted unapproachable uncommon undistinguished unfamiliar unfriendly unknowledgeable unknown unremarkable

ADJECTIVE

initiated

Synonyms

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approved drafted instructed introduced passed received

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accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed conscripted inducted installed tutored

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called up instated made a member of made part of

ADJECTIVE

learned

Synonyms

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accomplished educated scholarly scientific studied well-educated

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cultivated cultured experienced grave lettered versed

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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

Antonyms

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uneducated

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green ignorant immature inexperienced unsophisticated

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stupid uninformed

ADJECTIVE

punished

Synonyms

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chastened dismissed imprisoned penalized

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birched castigated chastised confined corrected debarred defrocked executed exiled expelled flogged immured incarcerated lectured reproved scolded sentenced spanked switched whipped

Antonyms

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cleared exonerated released

ADJECTIVE

rooted

Synonyms

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entrenched fixed

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established firm

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based on deep

ADJECTIVE

shipwrecked

Synonyms

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marooned reefed stranded wrecked

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cast away

ADJECTIVE

stranded

Synonyms

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aground ashore helpless wrecked

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beached shipwrecked sidelined sidetracked

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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

Antonyms

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found

ADJECTIVE

stuck

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lost

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high and dry

ADJECTIVE

versant

Synonyms

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savvy versed

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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

ADVERB

aground

Synonyms

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ashore marooned stranded wrecked

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beached disabled foundered high and dry reefed shipwrecked stuck swamped

Antonyms

WEAK

afloat

Example Sentences

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After my indulgent dinner, the wonderfully divey Kelly’s Sports Pub provided a more grounded experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

While thoroughly grounded in training and technique as a world champion athlete, there is also superstition and a little bit of music sprinkled in the mix.

From BBC

“Can your tūtū call my mom tonight and tell her? I’m technically grounded because of the fight, but the exception is schoolwork.”

From Literature

They were scientists, and their story should be grounded in theory, not guesses.

From Literature

One of the MCU’s more grounded installments, “Wonder Man” is less a superhero origin story than a love letter to Los Angeles, filmmaking and artists chasing their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times

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