Status with respect to the relations between people or groups:
— On a friendly footing.

synonym: terms.

Roget 8: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status.    occasion, juncture, conjunctive; contingency etc. (event) 151.    predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point.    bearings, how the land lies.    surroundings, context, environment 232; location 184.    contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; causation 153, attribution 155.    ... show more

Roget 71: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree etc. 26; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.    ... show more

Roget 175: influence; importance etc. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy^†; ascendency^†; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang]; authority etc. 737; capability etc. (power) 157; effect etc. 154; interest.    synergy (cooperation) 709.    footing; purchase etc. (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage ground.    tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.    ... show more

Roget 809: expenditure, money going out; out goings, out lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost etc. (price) 812; circulation; run upon a bank.    payment etc. 807 [Money paid]; pay etc. (remuneration) 973; bribe etc. 973; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation etc. 784.    pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment.    investment; purchase etc. 795.    ... show more

A relation that provides the foundation for something:
— They were on a friendly footing.

synonyms: basis, ground.

Roget 183: situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose.    environment, surroundings (location) 184; circumjacence etc. 227^†.    place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings etc. (direction) 278; spot etc. (limited space) 182.    topography, geography, chorography^†; map etc. 554.    ... show more

Roget 211: base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard^†; bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]; foundation etc. (support) 215; substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge.    bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard.    ... show more

Dutch: basis

A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing.

synonym: foothold.