OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
257 word families · S
stagger2 related words
to walk unsteadily
staggered · staggering
stair3 related words
step
stair · staircase · stairway
stairs2 related words
series of steps
downstairs · upstairs
standard6 related words
norm
nonstandardized · standard · standard-issue
staphylo2 related words
cluster
staphylococci · staphylococcus
starved3 related words
deprived
cash-starved · sex-starved · starved
stat49 related words
stand
consistency · consistent · consistently
stay4 related words
remain
overstay · stay · stayer
stead5 related words
place
farmstead · stead · steadfast
steady3 related words
firm
steady · steady-state · unsteady
steam10 related words
vapor
steam-driven · steamed · steamer
steep3 related words
sharp slope
steep · steeply · steepness
steer3 related words
to guide
steer · steerable · steerer
stell3 related words
star
circumstellar · interstellar · stellar
stereo11 related words
solid
stereograph · stereographic · stereophonic
steril5 related words
barren
sterility · sterilization · sterilize
stew3 related words
to cook slowly
stewed · stewpot
sting3 related words
to pierce
sting · stinger · stinging
stink3 related words
to smell very bad
stink · stinking · stinky
stint3 related words
limit
unstinting · unstintingly
stipul2 related words
promise
stipulated · stipulation
stitch3 related words
to sew
stitch · stitcher · stitching
storm6 related words
violent weather
firestorm · hailstorm · rainstorm
story13 related words
level
eight-story · five-story · four-story
stow3 related words
to pack
stow · stowage · stowaway
straight17 related words
direct
straight-arrow · straight-laced · straight-line
strait4 related words
narrow
straiten · straitened · straitjacket
strange7 related words
foreign
estrange · strange-looking · strangely
strato2 related words
layer
stratosphere · stratospheric
streak5 related words
line
hairstreak · streaked · streaking
street7 related words
road
backstreet · street · street-corner
strength5 related words
strong
strength · strengthen · strengthened
strepto5 related words
twisted
streptococcal · streptococci · streptococcus
stretch5 related words
to extend
stretch · stretchable · stretched
strewn4 related words
scattered
boulder-strewn · rock-strewn · rubble-strewn
strict10 related words
tight
constrict · constricting · constriction
strike4 related words
work stoppage
no-strike · post-strike · strike
stroy2 related words
build
destroy · destroyed
struct44 related words
build
construct · constructed · construction
student7 related words
learner
ex-student · graduate-student · per-student
study4 related words
learning
bible-study · self-study · study
stuff4 related words
to fill
stuffed · stuffer · stuffing
stult2 related words
foolish
stultify · stultifying
stun3 related words
to daze
stunned · stunning · stunningly
stupid3 related words
foolish
stupidest · stupidity · stupidly
styl9 related words
style
styling · stylist · stylistic
substance4 related words
material
substance-abuse · substance-abusing · substance-use
sucr2 related words
sugar
sucralose · sucrose
sufficient2 related words
enough
insufficient · insufficiently
sug3 related words
under
suggested · suggestion
sugar5 related words
sweet substance
blood-sugar · sugar · sugarcane
sulf4 related words
sulfur
sulfa · sulfate · sulfide
sulfur2 related words
chemical element
high-sulfur · sulfuric
sulph2 related words
sulphur
sulphate · sulphurous
sume6 related words
take
assume · presume · resume
summer4 related words
season
spring-summer · summer · summer-league
sumpt8 related words
take
consumption · presumption · presumptive
superior2 related words
higher
superiority · superiorly
supply5 related words
provide
oversupply · power-supply · supply
supra5 related words
above
supraclavicular · supraglottic · supraventricular
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.