WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

114 word families · T

tom13 related words

cut

anatomic · anatomical · anatomically

tomo2 related words

slice

tomographic · tomography

tomy12 related words

cutting

anatomy · craniotomy · dichotomy

ton13 related words

tone

atonal · diatonic · intonation

tone15 related words

sound

earth-tone · intone · monotone

tongue4 related words

body part

tongue · tongue-tied · tongued

tonsill4 related words

tonsil

peritonsillar · tonsillitis

too16 related words

excessively

all-too-brief · all-too-familiar · all-too-human

tool11 related words

implement

multi-tool · retool · retooled

tooth6 related words

body part

tooth · toothache · toothbrush

topic4 related words

subject

subtopic · topicality · topically

topo9 related words

place

topo · topographer · topographic

tort18 related words

twist

contort · contorted · contortion

tough6 related words

strong

tough · tough-as-nails · tough-guy

tour4 related words

journey

mini-tour · tour · touring

towel3 related words

absorbent cloth

dishtowel · towelette · toweling

town7 related words

settlement

boomtown · shantytown · ski-town

tox19 related words

poison

antitoxin · cytotoxic · detox

trace3 related words

trace · traceable · untraceable

trache2 related words

windpipe

endotracheal · tracheal

tracheo2 related words

windpipe

tracheostomy · tracheotomy

track16 related words

path

backtrack · fast-track · off-track

tract49 related words

draw; pull

abstract · abstracted · abstraction

tradition6 related words

custom

tradition-bound · traditionalism · traditionalist

traffic3 related words

movement of vehicles

air-traffic · high-traffic · traffic

train4 related words

to instruct

train · trained · trainer

trash4 related words

rubbish

trash-strewn · trashed · trashy

travel8 related words

to journey

traveler · traveling · traveller

tre4 related words

three

trecento · trefoil

tree6 related words

plant

tree · tree-hugger · tree-planting

tres2 related words

across

trespass · trespassing

trib3 related words

tribe

tribal · tribune

tribut17 related words

assign

contributing · contribution · distribution

triev4 related words

find

retrievable · retrieval · retrieved

trip3 related words

journey

road-trip · round-trip · trip

triple3 related words

three

triple-bogey · triple-double · tripled

triumph5 related words

victory

triumphal · triumphalist · triumphant

trivial3 related words

commonplace

trivial · trivialize · trivially

troll3 related words

to fish by trailing

troll · troller · trolling

trop7 related words

turn

apotropaic · psychotropic · trope

troph10 related words

nourishment

atrophied · heterotrophic · hypertrophied

trouble4 related words

problem

trouble · trouble-free · troubleshooter

truck6 related words

vehicle

tow-truck · truck · truck-driving

trud3 related words

thrust

extruded · extruder · protruding

trude2 related words

thrust

extrude · protrude

trust6 related words

confidence

distrust · entrust · mistrust

truth5 related words

true

truth · truthful · truthfully

turb12 related words

disturb

disturb · disturbance · disturbed

turbo7 related words

spinning

turbine · turbocharged · turbocharger

tutor2 related words

guardian

tutorial · tutoring

twice8 related words

two times

twice-baked · twice-daily · twice-exceptional

twin3 related words

two

twin · twin-engine · twin-screw

twitch3 related words

sudden contraction

fast-twitch · slow-twitch · twitch

tyrann2 related words

tyrant

tyrannical · tyrannous

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