FLOOR: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FLOOR?

Need another word that means the same as “floor”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “floor” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Floor” are: flooring, base, trading floor, level, storey, story, ground, tier, deck, ball over, blow out of the water, shock, take aback, coldcock, dump, knock down, knock over, bring down, fell, prostrate, baffle, defeat, perplex, puzzle, nonplus, mystify, confound, bewilder, bemuse, dumbfound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, throw

Floor as a Noun

Definitions of "Floor" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “floor” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water.
• A lower limit.
• The ground.
• A large room in a exchange where the trading is done.
• A minimum level of prices or wages.
• A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.
• (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak.
• All the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a storey.
• The bottom of the sea, a cave, or an area of land.
• The occupants of a floor.
• The ground on which people and animals move about.
• The parliamentary right to address an assembly.
• (in the Stock Exchange) the large central hall where trading takes place.
• The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business.
• The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure.
• The lower inside surface of any hollow structure.
• The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
• The right or opportunity to speak next in debate.

Synonyms of "Floor" as a noun (9 Words)

base	A known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry. Your hotel is a good base from which to explore.
deck	A floor or platform resembling or compared to a ship s deck. He stood on the deck of his flagship.
flooring	The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure.
ground	Relating to actions or activities taking place on the ground rather than the air. He posed her against a background of rolling hills.
level	A position in a hierarchy. At six he could play chess at an advanced level.
storey	A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. A three storey building.
story	A plot or storyline. I m going to tell you a story.
tier	Each in a series of rows or levels of a structure placed one above the other. The sail is fastened to the yard with tiers.
trading floor	Buying or selling securities or commodities.

Usage Examples of "Floor" as a noun

• Share prices have gone through the floor.
• The best way to play is to pass the ball on the floor.
• There was a motion from the floor.
• A floor trader.
• The valley floor.
• The fire spared the forest floor.
• They needed rugs to cover the bare floors.
• The government established a wage floor.
• He is a floor trader.
• Other speakers have the floor.
• The whole floor complained about the lack of heat.
• We spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent.
• The floor of the pelvis.
• A wooden floor.
• The chairman granted him the floor.
• The floor of the cave.
• The ocean floor.
• A third-floor flat.

Floor as a Verb

Definitions of "Floor" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “floor” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Baffle (someone) completely.
• Knock (someone) to the ground, especially with a punch.
• Knock down with force.
• Provide (a room or area) with a floor.
• Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

Synonyms of "Floor" as a verb (26 Words)

baffle	Check the emission of (sound. An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone.
ball over	Form into a ball by winding or rolling.
bemuse	Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone. He was bemused by what was happening.
bewilder	Be a mystery or bewildering to. His reaction had bewildered her.
blow out of the water	Lay eggs.
bring down	Advance or set forth in court.
coldcock	Knock down with force.
confound	Defeat (a plan, aim, or hope. We will confound these tactics by the pressure groups.
confuse	Cause to feel embarrassment. Purchasers might confuse the two products.
deck	Be beautiful to look at. Ingrid was decked out in her Sunday best.
defeat	Be impossible for (someone) to understand. She was defeated by the last steep hill.
discomfit	Cause to lose one’s composure. He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
disconcert	Cause to feel embarrassment. The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
dumbfound	Greatly astonish or amaze. His efforts dumbfounded some members of the group.
dump	Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass. You ll get tired of me and dump me.
fell	Sew a seam by folding the edges.
knock down	Rap with the knuckles.
knock over	Sound like a car engine that is firing too early.
mystify	Make obscure or mysterious. Mystify the story.
nonplus	Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react. Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question.
perplex	Be a mystery or bewildering to. They were perplexing a subject plain in itself.
prostrate	Get into a prostrate position as in submission. She prostrated herself with frustration.
puzzle	Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide. We puzzled over her sudden departure.
shock	Collect or gather into shocks. Carriage after carriage shocked fiercely against the engine.
take aback	Take by force.
throw	Throw a die out onto a flat surface. Throw the lever.

Usage Examples of "Floor" as a verb

• That question floored him.
• I was floored when I heard that I was promoted.
• A room floored in yellow wood.
• A stone-floored building.
• The champion floored Close with an uppercut.

Associations of "Floor" (30 Words)

bedspread	A decorative cloth used to cover a bed when it is not in use.
blanket	Cover as if with a blanket. Snow blanketed the fields.
board	The piece of equipment on which a person stands in surfing skateboarding snowboarding and certain other sports. Teachers talk and write on the board.
carpet	Cover with carpet. Carpet the floors of the house.
ceiling	The maximum altitude that a particular aircraft can reach. The aircraft s quoted ceiling of 24 000 feet.
cleanup	The fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team.
curtain	A raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. A curtain of trees.
downstairs	Situated downstairs. The tenants live downstairs.
eaves	The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building. Wild bees nest under the eaves.
escalator	A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.
felt	Change texture so as to become matted and felt like. It wasn t long before we had felted the roof making it totally watertight.
flannel	Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth. He was dressed in a tweed jacket and grey flannels.
flat	Make flat flatten. Flat wall paint.
hall	A large room in a mansion or palace used for receptions and banquets. The village hall.
laminate	Create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. The blade is suitable for cutting plastics or laminates.
linoleum	A material consisting of a canvas backing thickly coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used especially as a floor covering.
lobby	In the UK lobby correspondents collectively. A recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners.
mat	A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it. Dog hair mats more quickly than human hair.
nave	The central area of a church.
oriental	A member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans. Oriental rugs.
parlor	Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
parquet	Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle. Do not lay parquet over old vinyl flooring.
roof	Provide a building with a roof cover a building with a roof. The rain woke him hammering on the roof.
room	A set of rooms typically rented in which a person couple or family live. She made room for Josh on the sofa.
rug	A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor. Men who shave their heads or wear rugs.
sheet	Come down as if in sheets. The rain was still falling in sheets.
slab	Remove slabs from a log or tree to prepare it for sawing into planks. He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber.
stairway	A set of steps or stairs and its surrounding walls or structure. A narrow stone stairway.
upholstery	The art or practice of upholstering furniture. Leather upholstery.
wooden	Lacking ease or grace. A wooden box.