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Well-founded

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Well-founded is an adjective meaning Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

Meaning

Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

More Meanings

  1. Properly substantiated.
  2. (mathematics) 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

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

Synonyms for well-founded

Depending on context, synonyms include well-grounded, sensible, reasonable, tenable.

well-groundedsensiblereasonabletenable

Antonyms for well-founded

Common opposites include ill-founded, ill-grounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, unjustified.

ill-foundedill-groundedgroundlessbaselessflimsyunjustified

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reasonable, sensible, tenable, well-grounded, well-informed, informed.

reasonablesensibletenablewell-groundedwell-informedinformedmeaningfulvalidjustifiedrightfulvaliditysubstantialjustifiablegoodevidence-basedlegitimatebasedmeritmeritoriousthorough

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