WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

257 word families · S

sacchar3 related words

sugar

saccharin · saccharine

sacr5 related words

sacred

sacral · sacrality · sacrament

sacri4 related words

sacred

sacrificial · sacrificing · sacrilege

safe8 related words

secure

food-safety · public-safety · safe

saint2 related words

holy person

sainthood · saintly

sale5 related words

act of selling

fire-sale · pre-sale · resale

salin5 related words

salt

desalinated · desalinization · desalinize

saliv3 related words

saliva

salivary · salivate · salivation

salmon3 related words

fish

salmon · salmon-pink · salmonid

salv6 related words

save

salvage · salvaged · salvation

same10 related words

identical

same-age · same-day · same-gender

sanct8 related words

holy

sanctification · sanctify · sanction

sancti3 related words

holy

sanctimoniously · sanctimony

sanguin3 related words

blood

consanguinity · sanguinary

satellite4 related words

orbiting body

anti-satellite · satellite-based · satellite-tv

satir4 related words

satire

satiric · satirically · satirize

satis12 related words

enough

satisfaction · satisfactory · satisfy

saur12 related words

lizard

brontosaur · dinosaur · hadrosaur

savvy3 related words

knowledgeable

computer-savvy · internet-savvy · tech-savvy

say8 related words

to speak

doomsayer · gainsay · naysay

schol2 related words

school

scholar · scholastic

sci17 related words

know

conscience · conscientious · conscientiously

science12 related words

knowledge

bioscience · computer-science · geoscience

scintill4 related words

spark

scintillate · scintillating · scintillation

scler6 related words

hard

atherosclerosis · otosclerosis · sclerosis

scop21 related words

see

endoscopically · gyroscopic · hygroscopic

scope19 related words

view; examine

bronchoscope · endoscope · finderscope

scorch3 related words

to burn

scorch · scorcher · scorching

scrap5 related words

fragment

scrap · scrapbook · scrapped

scratch5 related words

to scrape

scratch-off · scratchboard · scratchy

scream2 related words

to cry out loudly

screamer · screamingly

screen17 related words

display surface

big-screen · flat-screen · flatscreen

scrib43 related words

write

ascription · ascriptive · circumscribed

scribe11 related words

write

ascribe · ascribed · circumscribe

scrut5 related words

examine

inscrutability · inscrutable · scrutable

sculpt8 related words

to carve

sculpted · sculptor · sculpture

seam4 related words

join

seam · seamed · seamlessly

search5 related words

to look for

research · search-and-rescue · searching

seat12 related words

place to sit

backseat · four-seat · front-seat

secr5 related words

sacred

consecrate · consecration · desecrate

secret4 related words

hidden

secret · secretive · secretly

sect21 related words

cut

bisect · dissect · dissected

sector3 related words

section

public-sector · sector · service-sector

secular7 related words

worldly

non-secular · secularism · secularist

security7 related words

safety

high-security · home-security · maximum-security

secut11 related words

consecutive · consecutively · persecuted

seem2 related words

to appear

seeming · seemingly

segment3 related words

section

segment · segmental · segmentary

select9 related words

choose

deselect · selective · selectively

semant2 related words

meaning

semantic · semantics

semester4 related words

academic term

first-semester · one-semester · semester-long

semin10 related words

seed

disseminate · dissemination · disseminator

sen3 related words

old

senescence · senile · senior

send5 related words

to cause to go

send-off · sender · sending

senior4 related words

older

senior-citizen · senior-level · senior-year

sens46 related words

feel; sense

assent · consensual · consensually

sensation3 related words

sense

sensation · sensationalize · sensationalized

sensitive9 related words

responsive

light-sensitive · oversensitive · photosensitive

sentiment6 related words

feeling

sentimental · sentimentalist · sentimentality

sequ15 related words

consequence · consequent · consequential

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