WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

178 word families · P

pac7 related words

peace

pacific · pacification · pacifist

pace3 related words

speed

apace · outpace · pace

package3 related words

to put into a container

package · repackage · repackaged

paed5 related words

child

orthopaedic · paediatric · paediatrician

page13 related words

sheet

double-page · eight-page · five-page

pain5 related words

suffering

pain · painful · painfully

pains2 related words

suffering

painstaking · painstakingly

paleo4 related words

ancient

paleo-indian · paleoanthropologist · paleolithic

palm4 related words

hand

palm · palm-size · palmful

pancreat2 related words

pancreas

pancreatic · pancreatitis

pants3 related words

trousers

fancy-pants · underpants

paper21 related words

material

brown-paper · newspaper · paper-like

parent6 related words

mother or father

one-parent · parent · parental

parliament2 related words

assembly

parliamentarian · parliamentary

part26 related words

portion

apart · counterpart · eight-part

parti10 related words

part

participant · participate · participating

partial3 related words

part

partial · partial-birth · partially

particular3 related words

specific

particular · particularism · particularistic

parts2 related words

components

auto-parts · spare-parts

party11 related words

political group

intraparty · multi-party · non-party

passenger7 related words

traveler

five-passenger · four-passenger · passenger-car

passion6 related words

strong feeling

dispassionate · dispassionately · passionate

patch5 related words

piece

patched · patchiness · patchwork

pater4 related words

father

paterfamilias · paternal · paternity

paternal3 related words

fatherly

paternalism · paternalistic · paternally

path31 related words

feeling; disease

allopathic · antipathetic · apathetic

patho17 related words

disease

histopathologic · histopathology · pathogen

patr4 related words

father

patrician · patristic · patron

patri17 related words

father

compatriot · expatriation · patriarch

patriot3 related words

lover of one's country

patriotically · patriotism

patron4 related words

protector

patron · patronage · patroness

pattern3 related words

model

patterned · patterning

pay25 related words

to give money

co-pay · overpay · pay-for-performance

pearl4 related words

pearl

pearl-gray · pearlescent · pearly

pect9 related words

look

expect · expectable · expectant

pector3 related words

chest

expectorant · pectoralis

pedo2 related words

child

pedophile · pedophilia

peep3 related words

look

peep · peephole · peepshow

pel13 related words

drive

compel · dispel · expel

penal3 related words

punishment

penalise · penalized

pend16 related words

hang

appendix · depend · dependence

penetr8 related words

to go into

impenetrability · impenetrable · impenetrably

penia2 related words

deficiency

neutropenia · thrombocytopenia

penta6 related words

five

pentagon · pentagram · pentameter

pept3 related words

digest

dyspeptic · peptic · peptide

perfect5 related words

complete

imperfect · imperfection · perfect

performance3 related words

act of performing

performance · post-performance · pre-performance

peri30 related words

around

perianth · pericardial · pericardium

peril4 related words

danger

imperil · imperiled · perilous

period3 related words

interval

long-period · period · short-period

periphery2 related words

outer boundary

center-periphery · core-periphery

permanent4 related words

lasting

impermanent · non-permanent · semi-permanent

permiss6 related words

allow

impermissible · permissibility · permissible

petr4 related words

rock

petrol · petroleum

petro3 related words

rock

petrochemical · petroglyph · petrology

phag4 related words

eat

dysphagia · esophagus · odynophagia

phall2 related words

penis

phallic · phallus

pharmaco10 related words

drug

pharmacokinetics · pharmacological · pharmacologist

pharynx2 related words

throat

nasopharynx · oropharynx

phase9 related words

stage

boost-phase · four-phase · phase-in

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