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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Groundless \Ground"less\, adjective [AS. grundle['a]s bottomless.] Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion. -- {Ground"less*ly}, adverb -- {Ground"less*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
groundless
adjective: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {baseless}, {idle}, {unfounded}, {unwarranted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "groundless": baseless, bottomless, built on sand, chimerical, empty, flimsy, gratuitous, hypothetical, idle, ill-founded, illusory, imaginary, inconclusive, indecisive, not following, not proved, not well-founded, speculative, suppositional, tenuous, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, unbased, uncalled-for, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unjustified, unproved, unproven, unreasonable, unsettled, unshown, unsound, unsubstantiated, unsupportable, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, unwarranted, vain, without basis, without foundation, without grounds
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