Synonyms for roots
roots

Princeton's WordNet

1. rootsnoun

   the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

   "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"

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1. List of paraphrases for "roots":

   root, racines, origins, raíces, racine, causes, rooting, rooted, origin, rootlets, root-causes

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1. List of known nicknames for "Roots":

   Rootz, Roots.

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1. David Berkowitz Chicago:

   Art is wood that has fewer branches than science but its roots are deeper than in science.

2. Christie Gross:

   This has to be an effort that comes up from the grass roots. It has to come from patients, it is extraordinarily exposing.

3. Mitt Romney:

   Donald Trump is a big megaphone. And I think that some of the things he's said, particularly about Hispanics, will be problematic, certainly for him, if he were to go to the next stage, but for whoever our nominee is, now if our nominee happened to be someone like Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush, who have strong Hispanic roots themselves and connections themselves, that might not be as big an issue.

4. Desmond Meade:

   Never before has Florida seen such a huge grass-roots movement, and we did, these people rallied from all political spectrums, all walks of life, they rallied around this and said, ‘ We, as citizens of Florida, are going bring sunshine back to this state. ’ According to polling experts, Amendment 4 is tracking high among voters.

5. Al Franken:

   It was a bit of a shock when it happened, this is me going back to my roots.