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.