Foundation and Material

Foundation

Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Material and foundation are semantically related. in substance topic. In some cases you can use "Material" instead a noun "Foundation".

Nearby Words: founder, founded, founding, foundationer

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Foundation and material are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foundation" instead a noun "Material".

good	good foundation	good material
better	better foundation	better material
similar	similar foundation	similar material
subject	subject foundation	subject material
Other adjectives: solid, original, heavy, strong, actual, great, new, basic.

Told primarily through journal entries, the story uses Sadamoto's manga as its foundation, but begins to diverge from the source material in more recent chapters.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Neon Genesis Evangelion Shipping
A special material in the second movie has the capabilities of producing infinite free energy, and served as the foundation of an ancient civilization, that was gone since then.

Source: Fantastic Nuke
This material went on to become the foundation of the first two books.

Source: Franchise / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Material and Foundation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/foundation/material

Foundation & Material. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/foundation/material>.

Material or Foundation. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/foundation/material.

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