| Main Entry: |
root |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
base, core |
Synonyms: |
basis, bedrock, beginnings,
bottom,
cause,
center,
crux, derivation,
essence, essentiality, footing,
foundation, fountain, fountainhead,
fundamental, germ,
ground, groundwork,
heart,
inception,
infrastructure, mainspring, marrow,
motive, nub,
nucleus,
occasion,
origin, pith,
provenance, provenience,
quick,
quintessence, radicle, radix,
reason, rhizome, rock bottom,
seat,
seed,
soul,
source, starting point,
stem,
stuff,
substance, substratum, tuber, underpinning,
well
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| Notes: |
a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
Antonyms: |
derivation, derivative, sprout
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