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WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

102 word families · D

damp5 related words

moist

dampen · dampened · damply
damsel2 related words

young woman

damselfish · damselfly
data10 related words

information

data-storage · database · dataflow
date6 related words

time

antedate · backdate · date
daub2 related words

to coat or smear

dauber · daubster
daughter3 related words

female child

daughter · granddaughter · stepdaughter
daunt3 related words

to intimidate

daunting · undaunted
dawn3 related words

daybreak

dawn-to-dusk · pre-dawn
dead13 related words

lifeless

dead-eyed · deadbeat · deadfall
deaf7 related words

unable to hear

deaf-blind · deaf-mute · deafen
deal4 related words

agreement

big-deal · deal · deal-breaker
dear7 related words

beloved

dearie · dearly · deary
death6 related words

the end of life

anti-death · death · deathly
debt9 related words

something owed

debt-equity · debt-for-nature · debt-free
dec7 related words

ten

decade · decathlete · decathlon
decent3 related words

proper

decently · indecent
decim3 related words

tenth

decimate · decimation
decisive3 related words

having the power to decide

indecisively · indecisiveness
deem5 related words

to judge

redeem · redeemed · redeeming
defense6 related words

protection

air-defense · defense-related · defenseless
dei4 related words

god

deification · deify · deity
del2 related words

delete

indelible · indelibly
delicate2 related words

fine

delicately · indelicate
deliver3 related words

to carry and hand over

deliver · deliveryman · undelivered
demand4 related words

request

demand · in-demand · supply-demand
demi2 related words

half

demimonde · demitasse
demo17 related words

people

democracy · democrat · democratic
demon7 related words

evil spirit

demonic · demonize · demonology
dendr2 related words

tree

dendrite · dendritic
deni2 related words

deny

deniable · denier
density3 related words

compactness

bone-density · density · higher-density
dent13 related words

tooth

dandelion · dental · dentist
depend12 related words

rely

codependency · independence · independently
derm12 related words

skin

dermabrasion · dermal · dermis
descend3 related words

to go down

descend · descender · undescended
describ2 related words

e) (to describe

indescribable · indescribably
desert3 related words

to abandon

desert · deserted · desertion
design4 related words

plan

design · graphic-design · redesign
deterior4 related words

worse

deteriorate · deterioration
develop5 related words

grow

develop · neurodevelopmental · overdeveloped
devil4 related words

evil spirit

devil · devilish · devilishly
dexter2 related words

right

dexterity · dexterous
dia37 related words

through

adiabatic · diabetes · diabetic
diabol2 related words

devil

diabolical · diabolically
dial3 related words

to call

dial · dial-up · redial
dic60 related words

say; declare

abdicate · abdication · addict
dictat2 related words

to say

dictatorial · dictatorship
didact2 related words

teach

didactic · didacticism
diegetic2 related words

of narrative

extradiegetic · heterodiegetic
diet5 related words

food regimen

dietary · dietetic · dietetics
differ6 related words

to be unlike

differential · differentiate · differently
digest3 related words

break down

digest · digestive · undigested
dinner4 related words

main meal

after-dinner · dinner · dinner-party
direct16 related words

straight

direct-mail · direct-marketing · direct-sales
direction3 related words

course

direction · multidirectional · omnidirectional
discipline3 related words

training

discipline · indiscipline · self-discipline
disk3 related words

flat circular object

diskette · hard-disk
distance3 related words

space

distance · distance-learning · short-distance
distant3 related words

far away

distant · distant-water · far-distant
distinct3 related words

clear

distinct · indistinct · indistinctly

Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.

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