root - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

Related

• cement
• cementum

Related

• hair
• nail
• tooth

Noun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Synonyms

• base
• radical
• root
• root word
• stem
• theme

More generic

• descriptor
• form
• signifier
• word form

Noun

a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

Synonyms

• etymon
• root

More generic

• descriptor
• form
• signifier
• word form

Noun

the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

Synonyms

• root
• solution

More generic

• set

Noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Synonyms

• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

More generic

• point

More specific

• birthplace
• cradle
• derivation
• fountainhead
• head
• headspring
• headwater
• home
• jumping-off place
• place of origin
• point of departure
• point source
• provenance
• provenience
• spring
• trail head
• trailhead
• wellhead
• wellspring

Noun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Synonyms

• ancestor
• antecedent
• ascendant
• ascendent
• root

More generic

• relation
• relative

More specific

• ancestress
• father
• forbear
• forebear
• forefather
• foremother
• primogenitor
• progenitor
• sire

Noun

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• plant organ

More specific

• Hottentot bread
• Hottentot's bread
• adventitious root
• briarroot
• calamus
• carrot
• cassava
• chicory
• chicory root
• cocoyam
• dasheen
• eddo
• ginseng
• horseradish
• horseradish root
• licorice root
• mandrake
• mandrake root
• manioc
• orris
• orrisroot
• oyster plant
• parsnip
• pneumatophore
• prop root
• radish
• rootlet
• salsify
• sarsaparilla root
• senega
• taproot
• taro

Related

• bark
• root cap
• root hair

Related

• root system
• rootage

Related

• parenchyma

Noun

a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• number

More specific

• cube root
• square root

Verb

take root and begin to grow

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• grow

Related

• root

Verb

cause to take roots

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• grow

Related

• root

Verb

become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Synonyms

• root
• settle
• settle down
• steady down
• take root

More generic

• stabilise
• stabilize

More specific

• roost

Verb

dig with the snout

Synonyms

• root
• rootle
• rout

More generic

• cut into
• delve
• dig
• turn over

Verb

plant by the roots

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• plant
• set

Verb

cheer for

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• back up
• support

Verb

come into existence, originate

Synonyms

• root

More generic

• become

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