Synonyms of the word

grounds

• n. plural of ground.
• n. (law) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce.".
• n. The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.
• n. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

cause

• n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
• n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
• n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
• n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
• n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
• n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
• v. To set off an event or action.
• v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
• v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

curtilage

• n. (law) The area immediately surrounding a house, including any closely associated buildings and structures.

deposit

• n. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material…
• n. That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care…
• n. (banking) Money placed in an account.
• n. Anything left behind on a surface.
• n. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve…
• n. A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned,…
• n. A place of deposit; a depository.
• v. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
• v. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
• v. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
• v. (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
• v. To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

dregs

• n. (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
• n. (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

evidence

• n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
• n. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
• n. One who bears witness.
• v. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

field

• n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
• n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
• n. The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
• n. A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
• n. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
• n. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
• n. The extent of a given perception.
• n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
• n. An area reserved for playing a game.
• n. A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
• n. (algebra) A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
• n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
• n. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
• n. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
• n. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
• n. A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
• n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
• n. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by…
• n. (baseball) The outfield.
• n. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
• n. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
• v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
• v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball,…
• v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
• v. (transitive) To answer; to address.
• v. (transitive) To defeat.
• v. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
• v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

information

• n. Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
• n. The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
• n. (law) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform…
• n. (obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.
• n. (now rare) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.
• n. (now rare) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.
• n. (computing) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its…
• n. (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
• n. A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
• n. (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
• n. As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.
• n. (IT industry jargon) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

justification

• n. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or…
• n. (typography) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification),…

parcel

• n. A package wrapped for shipment.
• n. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
• n. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
• n. (obsolete) A group of birds.
• n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
• n. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
• n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
• v. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
• v. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
• v. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
• v. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
• adv. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.

reason

• n. A cause.
• n. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception,…
• n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
• n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
• v. (intransitive) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process…
• v. (intransitive) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute;…
• v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
• v. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to…
• v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
• v. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
• v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
• v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

sediment

• n. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
• v. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
• v. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

settlings

• n. plural of settling.

tract

• n. An area or expanse.
• n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
• n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
• n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
• n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
• n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent.
• n. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used…
• n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
• n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
• n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
• n. (obsolete) Track; trace.
• n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
• v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
• v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

yard

• n. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other…
• n. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
• n. A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
• n. (Jamaica) One’s house or home.
• v. (transitive) To confine to a yard.
• n. A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal…
• n. Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
• n. (nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
• n. (obsolete) A branch, twig, or shoot.
• n. (obsolete) A staff, rod, or stick.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) A penis.
• n. (US, slang, uncommon) 100 dollars.
• n. (obsolete) The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.
• n. (obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16½ feet.
• n. (obsolete) The rood, area bound by a square rod, ¼ acre.
• n. (finance) 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.