Meanings
- not comparableOf reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts; unfounded; without a basis.
baseless accusations; baseless rumors
2 more examples
But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions.
2016 January 31, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, retrieved 21 Jan 2016Speaking to RAIL, a DfT spokesman said: "We do not recognise these baseless, false figures. Just last month we provided an update to Parliament on the costs of the project and confirmed that it would be delivered within the funding envelope. […]."
2020 November 18, “Network News: DfT dismisses Berkeley's HS2 claims”, in Rail, page 24Synonyms: groundless, unfounded, unsupported
- not comparableWithout a physical base.
More significant still — and most obviously in debt to the painterly imagination — this floating statue is the first baseless statue ever made. It is as though Bernini had taken Michelangelo's 'Pieta' and made it fly.
2009, Penelope Curtis, On the meanings of sculpture in painting, volume 1, page 18
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts; unfounded; without a basis.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithout a basis in reason or fact
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
- Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
- Latinbasis
- Old Frenchbase
- Middle Englishbase
- Englishbase
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishbaseless
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
baseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseless
“baseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baseless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseless.
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