Related Words for root for

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get behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
support
x/
Noun
prop up
//
Phrase, Verb
promote
x/
Verb
lean towards
/xx
Phrase, Verb
sponsor
/x
Noun
further
/x
Adjective
advocate
/xx
Noun
prop
/
Noun
point
/
Noun
favor
/x
Noun
underpin
/xx
Verb
help
/
Noun
take root
//
Phrase, Verb
befriend
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective
prefer
x/
Verb
cheer
/
Noun
succeed
x/
Verb
set forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
stand behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tend
/
Verb
motivate
/xx
Verb
foster
/x
Name
forward
/x
Adverb
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
boost
/
Noun
buck up
//
Phrase, Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
invite
x/
Verb
raise
/
Verb
stand up for
///
Phrase, Verb
sustain
x/
Verb
second
/x
Noun
recommend
xx/
Verb
err on the side of
//x//
Phrase, Verb
shore up
//
Phrase, Verb
prod
/
Noun
stand up with
///
Phrase, Verb
win over
//x
Phrase, Verb
reward
x/
Noun
rev up
//
Phrase, Verb
start
/
Noun
work on
//
Phrase, Verb
heart
/
Noun
elevate
/xx
Verb
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
plump
/
Adjective
push
/
Noun
base on
//
Phrase, Verb
lean on
//
Phrase, Verb
help out
//
Phrase, Verb
import
x/
Noun
undergird
/x/
Verb
nurture
/x
Noun
base
/
Noun
see through
//
Phrase, Verb
champion
/xx
Noun
applaud
x/
Verb
prosper
/x
Noun
rate
/
Noun
underlie
xx/
Verb
endorse
x/
Verb
patronize
/xx
Verb
sport
/
Noun
nurse
/
Noun
conduce
x/
Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
put in
/x
Phrase, Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
believe in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
nourish
/x
Verb
prioritize
x/xx
Verb
grow on
//
Phrase, Verb
patronage
/xx
Noun
orient
/xx
Name
work
/
Noun
vote
/
Noun
bring on
//
Phrase, Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
erect
x/
Adjective
propel
x/
Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
look up to
///
Phrase, Verb
lead
/
Noun
wish
/
Noun
find
/
Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
front
/
Noun
bolster
/x
Noun
key into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
build
/
Verb
home
/
Noun
coach
/
Noun
favourite
x/
Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
chip in
/x
Phrase, Verb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
refer
x/
Verb
bank on
//
Phrase, Verb
lobby
/x
Noun
bear up
//
Phrase, Verb
warm
/
Adjective
pitch in
/x
Phrase, Verb
affect
x/
Verb
mascot
/x
Noun
answer for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
espouse
x/
Verb
rule on
/x
Phrase, Verb
predicate
/xx
Noun
put stock in
//x
Phrase, Verb
reinforce
xx/
Verb
underwrite
/xx
Verb
team
/
Noun
move
/
Noun
drive
/
Noun
build up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
commend
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb
scaffold
/x
Noun
factor in
/xx
Phrase, Verb
focus
/x
Noun
follow
/x
Verb
buttress
/x
Noun
reach
/
Noun
court
/
Noun
come from
//
Phrase, Verb
plant
/
Noun
reason
/x
Noun
hope
/
Noun
fund
/
Noun
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
love
/
Noun
put down roots
///
Phrase, Verb
target
/x
Noun
pass
/
Noun
jack
/
Name
invoke
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun
give
/
Verb
vote in
/x
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
point up
//
Phrase, Verb
springboard
/x
Noun
path
/
Noun
bear on
//
Phrase, Verb
bring
/
Verb
influence
/xx
Noun
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
sympathize
/xx
Verb
rest on
//
Phrase, Verb
center
/x
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
spearhead
/x
Noun
gain
/
Noun
hype
/
Noun
abnormal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
apex
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bark
/
Noun, Verb
basal
/x
Adjective, Noun
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
beer
/
Noun, Verb
beet
/
Noun, Verb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
bernstein
/x
Name
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthplace
/x
Noun
bluefin
/x
Noun
boil
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
carrot
/x
Noun, Verb
cassava
x/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
cementum
x/x
Noun
cerebrospinal
x/x/x
Adjective
chicory
xxx
Noun
column
/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
cord
/
Noun, Verb
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crux
/
Noun
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deepwater
/xx
Noun, Adjective
dendritic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dentine
/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eaten
/x
Adjective
echinacea
xx/xx
Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
essence
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
flagellar
x/x
Adjective
fleshy
/x
Adjective
flowered
/x
Adjective
food
/
Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foothold
/x
Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
fount
/
Noun
fountainhead
/xx
Noun
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
genesis
/xx
Noun
ginseng
/x
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
grow
/
Verb, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
headwaters
/xx
Noun
heartfelt
/x
Adjective
hinge
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
horseradish
/xx
Noun
hyphal
/x
Adjective
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
instil
x/
Verb
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
island
/x
Noun, Verb
kernel
/x
Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
knot
/
Noun, Verb
leaf
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lino
/x
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mandrake
/x
Noun
manioc
/xx
Noun
nal
x
Name, Adjective
nub
/
Noun, Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
ointment
/x
Noun
ones
/
Noun
origen
/xx
Name
origin
/xx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originating
x/xxx
Verb
owing
/x
Adjective
parsnip
//
Noun
pervasive
x/x
Adjective
phosphate
/x
Noun, Verb
place of origin
///xx
Phrase, Verb
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
provenance
/xx
Noun, Verb
pursuant
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
racine
x/
Name
radial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
radical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
radish
/x
Noun
reagan
/x
Name
red
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
rootstock
/x
Noun
rot
/
Noun, Verb
rout
/
Noun, Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shower
/x
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
spinal
/x
Adjective, Noun
spine
/
Noun
spring
/
Noun, Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
square root
//
Phrase, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Verb
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
sweeping
/x
Adjective, Noun
taro
/x
Noun
theme
/
Noun, Verb
thoroughgoing
/xxx
Adjective