WORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
115 word families · F
fabul2 related words
story
fabulist · fabulously
fac128 related words
make; do
affect · affected · affecting
factor9 related words
element
five-factor · four-factor · multifactor
fail4 related words
to be unsuccessful
fail · failed · unfailing
faint5 related words
weak
fainthearted · faintly · faintness
faith7 related words
trust
faith · faithful · faithfully
fals5 related words
false
falsification · falsified · falsify
false4 related words
incorrect
false · false-color · false-negative
familiar7 related words
well-known
defamiliarization · familiar-looking · now-familiar
famous4 related words
well-known
famous · not-so-famous · now-famous
farct2 related words
to stuff
infarct · infarction
farm5 related words
cultivated land
farm · farmhand · farmhouse
fascist3 related words
fascist
fascistic · neo-fascist
fashion4 related words
prevailing style
fashion · fashion-conscious · unfashionable
fast22 related words
quick
fast-action · fast-changing · fast-forward
fatal3 related words
fate
fatal · fatalism · fatalist
fatu4 related words
foolish
infatuate · infatuated · infatuation
favor4 related words
approval
disfavor · favor · out-of-favor
favorite2 related words
preferred
least-favorite · second-favorite
fear6 related words
fear
fearful · fearfully · fearfulness
feather7 related words
feather
feather-light · feathering · featherless
feder14 related words
league
confederacy · confederal · confederated
feeble3 related words
weak
enfeeble · feeble · feebleness
feed4 related words
to give food
breastfeed · feed · feeder
fell3 related words
to cut down
feller · felling
female3 related words
woman
all-female · female · female-friendly
fence4 related words
barrier
fence · fenced · fenceline
fer52 related words
carry; bear
afferent · aquifer · circumference
fermi2 related words
name
fermion · fermionic
feroc2 related words
fierce
ferocious · ferocity
ferr7 related words
iron
ferritin · ferrous · ferrule
ferv4 related words
to boil
effervesce · fervent · fervently
fetch2 related words
get
prefetch · prefetching
fiber4 related words
thread
carbon-fiber · fiber · fiber-optic
fibr6 related words
fiber
fibril · fibrin · fibroid
fici2 related words
face
superficiality · superficially
fict2 related words
fashion
fictitious · fictive
fiction4 related words
invented narrative
fiction · fictional · fictionalization
fid16 related words
trust
confidant · confidence · confident
fierce2 related words
wild
fiercely · fierceness
fight7 related words
combat
fight · fight-or-flight · firefight
filament3 related words
thread
filamentary · filamentous
fin32 related words
end; boundary
affinal · affine · affinity
finger5 related words
body part
finger · finger-like · fingernail
finish3 related words
to complete
finish · prefinished · unfinished
firm13 related words
strong
affirm · extra-firm · firmament
fisc6 related words
treasury
confiscate · confiscated · confiscation
fish44 related words
aquatic animal
billfish · damselfish · fish-oil
fiss3 related words
split
fissile · fission · fissure
fist4 related words
hand
fist · fisted · fistfight
fix11 related words
to fasten
affixation · fixate · fixation
fixed3 related words
adjective
fixed-income · fixed-price · fixed-rate
flagr3 related words
burn
conflagration · flagrant
flamm3 related words
flame
inflammable · inflammation · inflammatory
flank2 related words
side
flanking · outflank
flavor4 related words
taste
flavor · flavorful · flavoring
flaw3 related words
defect
flawed · flawless · flawlessly
flect13 related words
bend
deflector · genuflect · genuflection
flex19 related words
bend
circumflex · dorsiflexion · flexibility
flig2 related words
strike down
profligacy · profligate
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.