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root
Synonyms and Antonyms of root
1
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring
2
the source from which something grows or develops
3
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
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
backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat
4
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
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
sum and substance, the long and short (or the long and the short)
Synonym Discussion of root
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- an investigation into the origin of baseball
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- the source of the Nile
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- the source of recurrent trouble
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- the business has been a success since its inception
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- the real root of the violence
root
Synonyms and Antonyms of root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
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