Synonyms for root
rut, rʊtroot

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. root

   Synonyms:
   radix, radicle, stem, origin, source, spring, rise, commencement, parent

   Antonyms:
   branch, ramification, outcome, product, issue, progeny

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, ancestor

2. beginning, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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 line

3. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalnoun

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

   "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

   Synonyms:
   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, bag

4. rootnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   etymon, origin, theme, beginning, root word, radical, rootage, solution, ascendent, base, tooth root, source, ascendant, antecedent, stem, ancestor

5. solution, rootnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rootage, radical, ancestor, solvent, theme, answer, etymon, base, beginning, result, root word, stem, source, ascendant, origin, tooth root, ascendent, resolution, solution, antecedent

6. ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, rootnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   theme, rootage, ancestor, radical, ascendant, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, source, tooth root, ascendent, forerunner, root word

7. etymon, rootnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   theme, rootage, radical, ancestor, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, source, ascendant, tooth root, ascendent, root word

8. root, 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 word

9. rootverb

   take root and begin to grow

   "this plant roots quickly"

   Synonyms:
   steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, rout

10. rootverb

    come into existence, originate

    "The problem roots in her depression"

    Synonyms:
    steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, rout

11. rootverb

    plant by the roots

    Synonyms:
    steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, rout

12. rout, root, rootleverb

    dig with the snout

    "the pig was rooting for truffles"

    Synonyms:
    spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, settle down, rootle, expel, steady down, rout out, take root, rout, settle

13. settle, 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 root

14. rootverb

    cause to take roots

    Synonyms:
    steady down, rootle, take root, settle, settle down, rout

Matched Categories

1. • Become
   • Botany
   • Dig
   • Form
   • Grow
   • Linguistics
   • Number
   • Plant
   • Plant Organ
   • Relative
   • Set
   • Stabilize

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rootnoun

   Synonyms:
   bottom, base, foundation, lower part

2. rootnoun

   Synonyms:
   cause, origin, source, occasion

3. rootnoun

   Synonyms:
   radical, radix, etymon, primitive word

4. rootverb

   Synonyms:
   take root

5. rootverb

   Synonyms:
   implant, set, fix, establish

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1. rootnoun

   Synonyms:
   rootstock, radix, taproot, spur, rootlet, radicel, tuber, bulb

2. rootnoun

   Synonyms:
   etymon, stem, radix, radical

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1. List of paraphrases for "root":

   racine, roots, deep, underlying, profound, origin, fundamental, wake, result, aftermath, source, basic, deep-rooted, radical, rooted, core

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How to use root in a sentence?

1. William Wordsworth:

   How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

2. Jason Romeyko:

   With this unique project, we want to create a response in a heartbeat by transforming the media into the very root of the stigma itself— by printing every word, line, picture and page of the magazine with blood from HIV-positive people.

3. Plato:

   Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

4. David Duke:

   Very true words, words that were spoken from the heart ... words that are going to be controversial precisely because they are true and they are powerful, steve King is getting at a root nationalism, a nationalism in a real sense of the word, and I am very proud of him for doing that. If this is a signal that conservatives are moving in the right direction under Trump, that they're getting at something real, then I am very happy.

5. Jeremy McKinney:

   If there's evidence of that, that's a big deal, that's the root of an illegal arrest.