What are some opposite words for root?
Antonyms for root
rut, rʊtroot
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Princeton's WordNet
rootnoun
(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:
etymon, origin, theme, beginning, root word, radical, rootage, solution, ascendent, base, tooth root, source, ascendant, antecedent, stem, ancestorbeginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
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extraction, start, get-go, showtime, seed, parentage, ascendent, base, pedigree, offset, tooth root, reference, theme, ascendant, informant, root system, rootage, first, etymon, germ, radical, kickoff, descent, stemma, source, ancestor, inception, antecedent, stock, origination, author, lineage, reservoir, origin, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, beginning, commencement, blood, blood lineroot, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalnoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, theme, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, radical, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bagrootnoun
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
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etymon, origin, theme, beginning, root word, radical, rootage, solution, ascendent, base, tooth root, source, ascendant, antecedent, stem, ancestorsolution, rootnoun
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
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rootage, radical, ancestor, solvent, theme, answer, etymon, base, beginning, result, root word, stem, source, ascendant, origin, tooth root, ascendent, resolution, solution, antecedentancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, rootnoun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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theme, rootage, ancestor, radical, ascendant, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, source, tooth root, ascendent, forerunner, root wordetymon, rootnoun
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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theme, rootage, radical, ancestor, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, source, ascendant, tooth root, ascendent, root wordroot, tooth rootverb
the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Synonyms:
theme, rootage, radical, ancestor, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, source, ascendant, tooth root, ascendent, root wordrootverb
take root and begin to grow
"this plant roots quickly"
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steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, routrootverb
come into existence, originate
"The problem roots in her depression"
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steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, routrootverb
plant by the roots
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steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, routrout, root, rootleverb
dig with the snout
"the pig was rooting for truffles"
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spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, settle down, rootle, expel, steady down, rout out, take root, rout, settlesettle, root, take root, steady down, settle downverb
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
"He finally settled down"
Synonyms:
settle, descend, calm, make up, cool it, patch up, cool off, calm down, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, subside, determine, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, rout, decide, simmer down, square up, chill out, resolve, locate, finalize, rootle, take rootrootverb
cause to take roots
Synonyms:
steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, rout
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Editors Contribution
metaadjective
all-encompassing or transcending existent form vs what substantiates grounds gives rise to that form ??
Submitted by chansonecho on September 11, 2021
How to use root in a sentence?
We must continue workingtogether to address the root causes of migration to prevent these incidents from happening.
It is tempting to say this time feels different, people are talking about the root cause this time -- structural, systemic racism.
Where we obviously totally agree with the President is getting at the root issue here, which is unchecked illegal immigration, we -- House Republicans and this President -- are in total agreement on the need to stop illegal immigration, to secure our border and fix our laws.
In religious traditions, the love of money is the root of all evil. In economics, scarcity is the root of all evil.
That's when America soars, when we look out for one another and we take care of each other, when we root for one another's success, when we strive to do better and to be better than the generation that came before us and try to build something better for generations to come, that's why we do what we do. That's the whole point of public service.
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