Home › Words › B › baselingbaselingbaseling means one who is base or inferior.EtymologyFrom Middle English baseling (attested only in the sense of debased coinage), equivalent to base + -ling.nounOne who is base or inferiore.g.“O weaklings, baselings we, — Achaian women, and not men!” — 1873, Homer, The First Six Books of the Iliad of Homer, page 31:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.basen 68% match — To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower vs baseling →baselike 65% match — Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses). vs baseling →baseness 64% match — The quality or condition of being base. vs baseling →basely 63% match — In a base manner. vs baseling →baser 63% match — someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs vs baseling →basetender 61% match — A baseman. vs baseling →basis 61% match — A physical base or foundation. vs baseling →basellaceous 60% match — Of or relating to the Basellaceae. vs baseling →