Meanings
comparative more groundless · superlative most groundless
- Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
[B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]
1840, Lewis Rose, chapter III, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […] , Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 511 more example
At that stage any fears among home fans of a possession monopoly by Laudrup's side were proving groundless, with Cardiff having their fair share of the ball and territory.
2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales OnlineSynonyms: baseless, unfounded, unsupported, baseless, idle, footless, unfounded, ungrounded
- obsoleteBottomless; having no bottom or floor.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout any grounds to support it; baseless.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithout a basis in reason or fact
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*grundulausaz
- Old Englishgrundlēas
- Middle Englishgroundles“bottomless”
- Englishgroundless
From Middle English groundles (“bottomless”), from Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, equivalent to ground + -less. Cognate with Dutch grondeloos, German Low German grundlos, German grundlos, Danish grundløs, Swedish grundlös.
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Bulgarian неоснователен
- неоснователен (neosnovatelen)baseless
Dutch ongegrond, ongefundeerd
- ongegrondbaseless
- ongefundeerdbaseless
Finnish perusteeton, katteeton
- perusteetonbaseless
- katteetonbaseless
- perätönbaseless
French infondé
- infondébaseless
German grundlos, unbegründet
- grundlosbaseless
- unbegründetbaseless
Greek αβάσιμος
- αβάσιμος (avásimos)baseless
Hungarian alaptalan
- alaptalanbaseless
Italian infondato
- infondatobaseless
Latin vānus
- vānusbaseless
Māori pakupaku, mākiri
- pakupakubaseless
- mākiribaseless
Norwegian Bokmål grunnløs, grunnlaus
- grunnløsbaseless
- grunnlausbaseless
- ubegrunnetbaseless
Polish bezpodstawny, bezzasadny
- bezpodstawnybaseless
- bezzasadnybaseless
- nieuzasadnionybaseless
Russian беспо́чвенный
- беспо́чвенный (bespóčvennyj)baseless
Spanish infundado, sin fundamento
- infundadobaseless
- sin fundamentobaseless
Turkish asılsız, temelsiz
- asılsızbaseless
- temelsizbaseless
- köksüzbaseless
Cite this entry
groundless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundless
“groundless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groundless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundless.
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