ROOT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ROOT?

Need another word that means the same as “root”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “root” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Root” are: etymon, ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, base, radical, root word, stem, theme, solution, beginning, origin, rootage, source, radicle, rhizome, rootstock, tuber, tap root, rootlet, starting point, seed, germ, beginnings, genesis, origins, family, ancestors, predecessors, settle, settle down, steady down, take root, rootle, rout, plant, bed out, sow, grow roots, become established, establish, strike, take, riveted to, glued to

Root as a Noun

Definitions of "Root" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “root” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
• The fundamental note of a chord.
• A number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number.
• The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support.
• A sexual partner of a specified ability.
• A user account with full and unrestricted access to a system.
• The basic cause, source, or origin of something.
• The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground.
• A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
• Any plant grown for its root.
• A number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity.
• A value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation.
• (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.
• Denoting or relating to something from a particular ethnic or cultural origin, especially a non-Western one.
• (in biblical use) a scion; a descendant.
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.
• The embedded or basal part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nail.
• A morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification.
• The part of a thing attaching it to a greater or more fundamental whole; the end or base.
• The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
• The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.
• Family, ethnic, or cultural origins.
• The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
• The embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair.
• The persistent underground part of a plant, especially when fleshy and enlarged and used as a vegetable, e.g. a turnip or carrot.
• An act or instance of having sex.
• The form of a word after all affixes are removed.

Synonyms of "Root" as a noun (30 Words)

ancestor	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent. He could trace his ancestors back to James the First.
ancestors	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
antecedent	The statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition. Her early life and antecedents have been traced.
ascendant	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent. That idea was in the ascendant.
ascendent	Position or state of being dominant or in control.
base	A known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry. A tub should sit on its own base.
beginning	The place where something begins, where it springs into being. They had reached the beginning of the wood.
beginnings	The act of starting something. The Italian beginning of the Renaissance.
etymon	A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes. They both derive from the same etymon.
family	A group of related things. He s family.
genesis	A coming into being. This tale had its genesis in fireside stories.
germ	A microorganism, especially one which causes disease. The germ of a brilliant idea.
origin	The descendants of one individual. A family of peasant origin.
origins	The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero. He comes from good origins.
predecessors	One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office.
radical	A radical sign. In the body free radicals are high energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells.
radicle	A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve.
rhizome	A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
root word	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
rootage	A developed system of roots. Strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith.
rootlet	Small root or division of a root.
rootstock	A plant on to which another variety is grafted. The rootstock of all post Triassic ammonites.
seed	A quantity of seeds. You can grow artichokes from seed.
solution	The action of separating or breaking down dissolution. He used a solution of peroxide and water.
source	A part of a field-effect transistor from which carriers flow into the inter-electrode channel. Mackerel is a good source of fish oil.
starting point	A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning.
stem	A vertical stroke in a letter or musical note. The spines and bow stems of abandoned hulks.
tap root	A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask.
theme	Any of the twenty-nine provinces in the Byzantine empire. The theme is announced in the first measures.
tuber	A rounded swelling or protuberant part. Tuber cinereum.

Usage Examples of "Root" as a noun

• The roots of the equation differ by an integer.
• Many European words stem from this linguistic root.
• Money is the root of all evil.
• Make sure that these files can only be accessed by the root user.
• I need to log in as root on my system to resolve an issue.
• Jealousy was at the root of it.
• A little lever near the root of the barrel.
• The root of David.
• The root cause of the problem.
• Her hair was fairer at the roots.
• The root form of the word.
• Roots music.
• Communism's Russian root.
• Cacti have deep and spreading roots.
• Roots like beet and carrot cannot be transplanted.
• A tree root.
• It's always nice to return to my roots.
• In the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths.
• They disappeared from sight behind the root of the crag.
• You should never wash roots before storing.
• Root growth.

Root as a Verb

Definitions of "Root" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “root” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of a plant or cutting) establish roots.
• Dig with the snout.
• Establish deeply and firmly.
• Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
• Cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement.
• Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.
• Take root and begin to grow.
• Plant by the roots.
• Cause to take roots.
• Have sex with.
• Gain access to the root account of (a smartphone or computer.
• Have as an origin or cause.
• Cheer for.
• Come into existence, originate.

Synonyms of "Root" as a verb (16 Words)

become established	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
bed out	Furnish with a bed.
establish	Institute enact or establish. The principle of the supremacy of national parliaments needs to be firmly established.
glued to	Be fixed as if by glue.
grow roots	Grow emotionally or mature.
plant	Cover or supply an area of land with plants. He was commissioned to plant the order in England.
riveted to	Hold (someone’s attention.
rootle	Dig with the snout. I rootled around for ten minutes.
rout	Dig with the snout. Rout out the fighters from their caves.
settle	Bring to an end settle conclusively. The unions have settled their year long dispute with Hollywood producers.
settle down	Come to rest.
sow	Be thickly covered with. Sow suspicion or beliefs.
steady down	Make steady.
strike	Undertake strike action against an employer. If they do strike oil there will be another test well in a year s time.
take	Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. I ll take a pound of that sausage.
take root	Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.

Usage Examples of "Root" as a verb

• Root your own cuttings from stock plants.
• George was rooted to the spot in disbelief.
• The pig was rooting for truffles.
• Fear rooted me to the spot.
• Large trees had rooted in the canal bank.
• The problem roots in her depression.
• She roots for the Broncos.
• Vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture.
• We explained how to manually root almost any Android device.
• The Latin verb is rooted in an Indo-European word.
• This plant roots quickly.

Associations of "Root" (30 Words)

arboreal	Inhabiting or frequenting trees. Arboreal rodents.
arborescent	Resembling a tree in growth or appearance. Arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda.
base	Of low birth or station base is archaic in this sense. Base a claim on some observation.
beginning	The first part or earliest stage of something. The beginning canto of the poem.
cause	Cause to do cause to act in a specified manner. You could cause them problems.
coniferous	Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.
cornerstone	A stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls. A national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy.
foundation	The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level. Foundations were being dug for a block of flats.
groundwork	The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. The inquiry s findings are expected to lay the groundwork for a complete overhaul of the system.
grove	A small wood or other group of trees. An olive grove.
hypostasis	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.
implanted	(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held. Implanted convictions.
initially	At first. Initially he thought the new concept was nonsense.
log	Enter into a log as on ships and planes. They kept a log of all transmission by the radio station.
nature	The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations. Helping them to realize the nature of their problems.
oak	A smoky flavour or nose characteristic of wine aged in barrels made from oak wood. Great oaks grow from little acorns.
origin	A place where a nerve or blood vessel begins or branches from a main nerve or blood vessel. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation.
original	An original creation i e an audio recording from which copies can be made. One set of originals and four photocopies.
originally	From or in the beginning; at first. The suggestions so originally and persuasively outlined.
radix	(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place. Judaism is the radix of Christianity.
reed	An organ stop with reed pipes. A harvest of thatching reeds.
rooted	Absolutely still. They stood rooted in astonishment.
sapwood	The soft outer layers of recently formed wood between the heartwood and the bark, containing the functioning vascular tissue.
source	Obtain from a particular source. He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation.
stem	Remove the stems from fruit or tobacco leaves. The spines and bow stems of abandoned hulks.
tree	Force a hunted animal to take refuge in a tree. Genealogical tree.
trunk	A long flexible snout as of an elephant. He put his golf bag in the trunk.
unabridged	A dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary. An unabridged edition.
willow	Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix.
woodland	Land that is covered with trees and shrubs. Large areas of ancient woodland.