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root
Synonyms and Antonyms of root
- He insists that insecurity is the root of all jealousy.
cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring
- One would need to go back at least several hundred years to find the root of the entrenched hostility between the neighboring nations.
- An implicit trust in the wisdom of the people is the root of democracy.
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
- At root, it's a question of the proper limits, if any, of free speech.
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
- rooted the post securely in the dirt
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