foundation: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 14 letter points · starts with F · ends with N
Meaning of foundation
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Example: The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
- countable, uncountable
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- countable, uncountable
In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
Listed forms: foundations.
Source: Wiktionary — foundation.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for foundation.
noun
lowest support of a structure
noun
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
noun
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
noun
a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- foundation garment
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is foundation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of foundation
F(4) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + D(2) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of foundation
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from foundation
148 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in foundation. Showing up to 24, longest first.