well foundedadjective
uk/ˌwel ˈfaʊn.dɪd/us/ˌwel ˈfaʊn.dɪd/based on facts:
[ before noun ] He had to show that he had a well-founded fear of persecution on religious or political grounds to qualify as a refugee.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- practically
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- verily
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