WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

2004 word families

ploid3 related words

set

polyploid · polyploidy · triploid

ploit3 related words

to fold

exploit · exploited

plor4 related words

weep

deplorable · deplorably · imploring

pluck3 related words

to pull

plucked · plucking

plumb4 related words

lead

plumbago · plumber · plumbing

plunder3 related words

to rob

plunderer · plundering

pluto2 related words

wealth

plutocracy · plutocrat

pneumato2 related words

air

pneumatological · pneumatology

pod11 related words

foot

arthropod · brachiopod · copepod

poena3 related words

penalty

subpoena · subpoenaed

poet5 related words

maker

poetess · poetic · poetical

poign3 related words

to prick

poignance · poignant · poignantly

poison3 related words

substance causing harm

poisoned · poisoning · poisonous

policy4 related words

plan

foreign-policy · health-policy · policy

polis15 related words

city; state

acropolis · apolitical · cosmopolitan

politico3 related words

political

politico-cultural · politico-economic · politico-military

pollution3 related words

contamination

air-pollution · pollution · pollution-free

poly51 related words

many

poly · polycarbonate · polychoric

pont4 related words

bridge

pontiff · pontoon

popul20 related words

people

depopulate · depopulated · depopulation

pork3 related words

pig meat

pork · porker · porky

port49 related words

carry

comport · comportment · deport

portent2 related words

omen

portentous · portentously

pos78 related words

place

component · compose · composed

posed6 related words

placed

overexposed · predisposed · presupposed

poss4 related words

able

impossibility · impossible · impossibly

postage2 related words

noun

postage-paid · postage-stamp

pover4 related words

poor

impoverish · impoverished · impoverishment

poverty4 related words

state of being poor

anti-poverty · high-poverty · poverty-level

prec3 related words

pray

deprecate · deprecating · precarious

preci16 related words

value

appreciable · appreciably · appreciate

predat3 related words

to plunder

predator · predatory

predict4 related words

foretell

unpredictability · unpredictable

pregn4 related words

pregnant

impregnate · impregnated · impregnation

prehend3 related words

grasp

apprehend · comprehend · reprehend

premier2 related words

first

premiere · premiership

present7 related words

to show

presentable · presentational · presenter

press64 related words

press

bench-press · compress · compressed

pressure9 related words

force

acupressure · blood-pressure · high-pressure

preter2 related words

beyond

preternatural · preternaturally

price31 related words

cost

bride-price · full-price · half-price

priest3 related words

religious minister

priestess · priestly

prim19 related words

first

imprimatura · prima · primacy

prin3 related words

first

prince · principal

principal3 related words

chief

principal · principal-agent · principalship

priority3 related words

precedence

high-priority · highest-priority · priority

prison4 related words

place of confinement

imprison · imprisoned · imprisonment

prize3 related words

reward

prizefight · prizefighter

proach3 related words

near

approaching · reproachful · reproachfully

problem4 related words

difficulty

problem · problem-free · problematically

product6 related words

thing produced

by-product · byproduct · end-product

production3 related words

act of making

limited-production · overproduction · production

profession3 related words

vocation

professionalism · professionalization

profile3 related words

visibility

higher-profile · low-profile · lower-profile

profit14 related words

gain

profit-making · profit-sharing · profit-taking

proli6 related words

offspring

proliferate · proliferating · proliferation

promin2 related words

project

prominence · prominently

promised2 related words

pledged

long-promised · uncompromised

proof12 related words

resistant

bear-proof · bulletproof · child-proof

proper2 related words

correct

improper · improperly

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