Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-founded

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: well--found-ed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

adj

Properly substantiated.

adj

Of a binary relation: such that every non-empty subset of the relation's domain has a minimal element with respect to the relation.

Example Sentences

"After the crisis had passed, certain well-founded proposals were revived, and resulted in important additions to the railway network of the country."
"well-founded relation"

Inflected Forms

more well-founded (comparative) most well-founded (superlative)

Phrases

well-foundedness

Frequently Paired Words

foundation founding ground grounding

Synonyms

well-grounded on solid ground legitimate tenable

Antonyms

ill-founded ill-grounded groundless baseless flimsy unjustified

Questions

What does well-founded mean?: Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

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