OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
thick9 related words
dense
extra-thick · thicken · thickened
thigh4 related words
body part
thigh-deep · thigh-high · thigh-length
thing3 related words
entity
anything · everything · thing
thorn3 related words
sharp point on a plant
thorn · thornless · thorny
thorough3 related words
complete
thorough · thoroughgoing · thoroughness
thought5 related words
thinking
aforethought · forethought · thought
threaten6 related words
to menace
threateningly · unthreatened · unthreatening
thrombo2 related words
clot
thrombocytopenia · thrombophlebitis
through6 related words
from one side to the other
cut-through · follow-through · see-through
throw4 related words
to propel
overthrow · throw · throw-away
thrust3 related words
to push
thrust · thruster · thrusting
thumb3 related words
body part
thumb · thumb-size · thumbnail
thyroid7 related words
thyroid gland
hyperthyroidism · hypothyroid · hypothyroidism
tide3 related words
sea level change
low-tide · riptide · tide
tile3 related words
flat slab
red-tile · tile · tiled
till4 related words
to plow
till · tillage · tilling
timber4 related words
wood
timber-frame · timbered · timberland
timid4 related words
fearful
intimidatingly · timid · timidity
tir3 related words
draw
retired · retiring · tirade
tissue3 related words
biological material
deep-tissue · tissue · tissue-specific
title9 related words
name
entitle · entitled · entitlement
together2 related words
into one gathering
altogether · togetherness
toil3 related words
work hard
toil · toiler · toiling
toler7 related words
endure
intolerable · intolerably · tolerable
toll2 related words
fee
tollbooth · tollway
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
follow
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
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.