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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

Having a strong connection to reality; sensible and practical.

e.g. The grounded teacher helped her students focus on their studies.

(adjective)

not allowed to fly, as a punishment or due to some other factor, describing an aircraft or a pilot, or (informal) not allowed to engage in recreational or social activities as a punishment, describing a child;

e.g. All of the flights are grounded due to the approaching storm. The child is grounded due to her misbehavior.

(verb)

stopped an aircraft or pilot from flying, either as a punishment or due to some other reason;

e.g. The committee grounded the pilot due to the poor judgement he had shown.

(verb)

refused to allow one's child to go out and engage in recreational and/or social activities, typically as a punishment;

e.g. She grounded the children because they had refused to do their chores.

(verb)

gave someone/something a strong basis, for example provided someone with thorough instruction in something or provided something with a firm practical or fundamental foundation;

e.g. The professor grounded the students in the basic principles of the field. He grounded his arguments with several pieces of evidence.

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Similar Words

Aground

Based

Hard-edged

Hung

Landed

Rested

Stranded

Tough-minded

Unromantic

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Opposite Words

Afloat

Airy

Ascendant

Blue-sky

Capricious

Clueless

Elevated

Freakish

High

Ignorant

Impulsive

Nosebleed

Offshore

Unacquainted

Unaware

Unconscious

Uninformed

Unwitting

Whimsical

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Related Words

Accustomed

Acquainted

Alongshore

Assumed

Down-to-earth

Educated

Established

Hardheaded

Hung

Landed

Matter-of-fact

Orientated

Oriented

Practical

Pragmatic

Realistic

Ridden

Rode

Supposed

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