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WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

128 word families · M

metre3 related words

measure

centimetre · kilometre · millimetre
metry10 related words

measurement

allometry · anthropometry · astrometry
mexican5 related words

of mexico

anti-mexican · mexican-american · mexican-style
micro75 related words

small

micro · micro-cap · micro-level
middle18 related words

central

middle-age · middle-american · middle-class
migr10 related words

move

emigrant · emigration · immigrant
mild4 related words

gentle

mild · mild-winter · mildly
military6 related words

armed forces

anti-military · ex-military · military
milli8 related words

thousandth

millibar · milliliter · millimeter
mineral3 related words

mineral

demineralization · mineral · remineralization
mingle3 related words

mix

commingle · intermingle · mingle
mini15 related words

small

mini-city · mini-mall · mini-mart
mining3 related words

extraction

coal-mining · copper-mining · mining
ministr4 related words

servant

administrate · administrative · administrator
minor3 related words

lesser

minor-league · minority
minority3 related words

smaller group

language-minority · minority · white-minority
mint3 related words

plant

mint · mint-green · minty
mirth3 related words

joy

mirthful · mirthless
miscell2 related words

mixed

miscellaneous · miscellany
mise3 related words

put

demise · premise · surmise
miso3 related words

hate

misogynist · misogynistic · misogynous
missile3 related words

projectile

guided-missile · missile · missile-defense
mit59 related words

send; release

admissible · admission · admit
mix12 related words

to combine

intermix · mixed · mixer
mnes3 related words

memory

amnesia · amnesiac
mobile4 related words

movable

bookmobile · mobile-home · mobile-phone
mock3 related words

to ridicule

mock · mockery · mockingly
modern14 related words

recent

anti-modern · modern-dance · modern-era
moist5 related words

damp

moisten · moistened · moisture
molest2 related words

to disturb

molestation · molested
moll3 related words

soft

emollient · mollify
mom2 related words

mother

grandmom · supermom
monger4 related words

dealer

versemonger · warmonger
mont4 related words

mountain

montage · montane · piedmont
monument2 related words

a structure

monumentality · monumentally
mood3 related words

state of feeling

mood · moodily · moodiness
mora2 related words

delay

moratorium · remora
moral6 related words

pertaining to right conduct

amorality · moral · moralistic
morbid3 related words

diseased

morbidity · morbidly
morning3 related words

the early part of the day

late-morning · mid-morning
morph37 related words

form; shape

amorphous · anamorphic · anthropomorphic
morse3 related words

bite

remorse · remorseful
mort11 related words

death

amortization · amortize · immortal
mortal3 related words

subject to death

immortality · immortalize
mot35 related words

move

commotion · demoted · emotion
mote4 related words

move

demote · promote · remote
motion5 related words

movement

full-motion · motion-picture · motionless
motor14 related words

engine

motorbike · motorcar · motorcoach
movie8 related words

film

action-movie · movie-going · movie-like
moving3 related words

in motion

fast-moving · quick-moving
muck4 related words

dirt

muckraking · mucky
mud7 related words

wet earth

mud · mud-brick · mud-caked
multiple3 related words

many

multiple-choice · multiple-regression
mune3 related words

duty

commune · immune
murder4 related words

to kill unlawfully

murder · murder-for-hire · murder-suicide
muscle3 related words

body tissue

muscle · muscle-bound · muscleman
muscul6 related words

muscle

intramuscular · muscularity · musculature
museum2 related words

museum

museum-like · museum-quality
music14 related words

art of sound

chamber-music · classical-music · ethnomusicologist
must3 related words

obligation

must · must-read · must-win

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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