Base and Supercilious

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Base adjective - Showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness.

Usage example: her base obedience to every unprincipled action ordered by her boss

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Supercilious is an antonym for base.

Nearby Words: basic, basal, based, baseline, baseball

Supercilious adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.

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Base is an antonym for supercilious.

Nearby Words: superciliousness, superciliary

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Supercilious and Base. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/supercilious

Base & Supercilious. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/supercilious>.

Supercilious or Base. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/supercilious.

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