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Synonyms of root
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
- he insists that insecurity is the root of all jealousy
Synonyms for root
- cradle,
- font,
- fountain,
- fountainhead,
- origin,
- seedbed,
- source,
- spring,
- well,
- wellspring
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2
the source from which something grows or develops
- one would need to go back at least several hundred years to find the root of the entrenched hostility between the neighboring nations
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3
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
- an implicit trust in the wisdom of the people is the root of democracy
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- anchorage,
- bed,
- brace,
- bulwark,
- buttress,
- framework,
- infrastructure,
- mount,
- prop,
- shore,
- stay,
- substratum,
- substructure,
- support
- assumption,
- justification,
- premise
- (also premiss),
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- rationale,
- supposition,
- theory,
- thesis,
- warrant
4
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
- at root, it's a question of the proper limits, if any, of free speech
Synonyms for root
- bottom line,
- bull's-eye,
- centerpiece,
- core,
- crux,
- essence,
- gist,
- heart,
- kernel,
- keynote,
- meat,
- meat and potatoes,
- net,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nucleus,
- pith,
- pivot,
- point,
- sum
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of root (Entry 2 of 2)
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
- rooted the post securely in the dirt
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The first known use of root was in the 12th century
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