Synonyms of roots

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noun

plural of root

1

as in sources

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

he insists that insecurity is the root of all jealousy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sources
• origins
• cradles
• fountains
• beginnings
• springs
• fonts
• wellsprings
• wells
• fountainheads
• seedbeds
• commencements
• geneses
• starts
• inceptions
• outsets
• kickoffs
• baselines
• day ones
• thresholds
• launches
• incipiencies
• incipiences
• nascencies
• first bases
• onsets
• ground zeros
• git-goes
• nascences
• dawns
• square ones
• get-goes
• mornings

2

as in origins

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• origins
• seeds
• beginnings
• seed
• germs
• starts
• geneses
• seedbeds
• originations
• fonts
• fountains
• fountainheads
• springs
• wells
• wellsprings
• inceptions
• launches
• wellheads
• commencements
• births
• thresholds
• onsets
• dawns
• inaugurations
• creations
• incipiencies
• outsets
• mornings

3

as in foundations

an immaterial thing upon which something else rests

an implicit trust in the wisdom of the people is the root of democracy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foundations
• bases
• bases
• cornerstones
• bedrocks
• grounds
• underpinnings
• keystones
• warps
• footings
• premises
• theories
• shores
• essences
• bottoms
• focuses
• groundworks
• cores
• warp and woofs
• foci
• assumptions
• kernels
• supports
• hearts
• substrata
• frameworks
• justifications
• backbones
• beds
• infrastructures
• props
• presumptions
• buttresses
• substructures
• centers
• presuppositions
• stays
• mounts
• braces
• theses
• bulwarks
• premisses
• warrants
• anchorages
• nuclei
• rationales
• touchstones
• hubs
• suppositions
• seats
• nucleuses
• eyes
• souls
• quintessences

4

as in essences

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 & Similar Words

• essences
• hearts
• kernels
• cores
• points
• meats
• sums
• nuclei
• themes
• bottom lines
• subjects
• nubs
• pivots
• nets
• piths
• centerpieces
• nubbins
• meat and potatoes
• cruces
• cruxes
• nucleuses
• gists
• bullseyes
• contents
• keynotes
• substances
• directions
• bull's-eyes
• tenors
• bodies
• courses
• drifts
• hypotheses
• theses
• propositions
• purports

roots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of root

as in lodges

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

rooted the post securely in the dirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lodges
• embeds
• beds
• imbeds
• places
• impacts
• engrains
• intrenches
• implants
• sticks
• entrenches
• enroots
• ingrains
• fixes
• puts
• infuses
• drives (into)
• beats (into)
• instills
• imbues
• establishes
• settles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roots (out)
• eliminates
• uproots
• dislodges
• removes
• eradicates
• expels
• disconnects
• ejects
• detaches
• disengages