GROUNDED Synonyms

• worthy of reliance or trust

• worthy of being depended on

• consistent in performance or behavior

• financially safe

• brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

• settled securely and unconditionally

• conforming with accepted standards

• shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt

• introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

• with resolute determination

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

• securely placed or fastened or set

• (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

• fixed and unmoving

• incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"

• absolutely still

• established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

• established in a desired position or place; not moving about

• inhabited by colonists

• not changeable

• of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous

• entirely of one substance with no holes inside

• matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure

• the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

• a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume

• characterized by good substantial quality

• of one substance or character throughout

• uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks

• providing abundant nourishment

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• having length, breadth and thickness

• impenetrable for the eye

• financially dependable

• of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial

• meriting respect or esteem

• of the same color throughout

• acting together as a single undiversified whole

• resistant to change of position or condition

• a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

• firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

• not taking part readily in chemical change

• maintaining equilibrium

• showing little if any change

• shelter in a stable

• not subject to change or variation especially in behavior

• a person loved by another person

• in a steady manner

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely in position; not shaky

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• relating to a person who does something regularly

• not easily excited or upset

• make steady

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not showing abrupt variations

• To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

• To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

• To stop; to fix or rest.

• To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

• To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

• To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

• Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

• the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile

• the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• hide in the earth like a hunted animal

• connect to the earth

• a movable barrier in a fence or wall

• a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

• total admission receipts at a sports event

• passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

• supply with a gate

• control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

• restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

• a central cohesive source of support and stability

• a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

• fix firmly and stably

• secure a vessel with an anchor