WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

2004 word families

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

uber2 related words

fruitful

exuberance · exuberantly

ulcer4 related words

sore

ulceration · ulcerative

ultra11 related words

beyond

ultra-chic · ultra-competitive · ultra-liberal

uni30 related words

one

uniaxial · unicellular · unicorn

unite2 related words

join together

disunite · reunite

univers6 related words

whole

universalist · universalistic · universalize

uran2 related words

sky

uranian · uranium

urb5 related words

city

exurb · suburb · suburban

urban18 related words

city

interurban · rural-to-urban · semi-urban

urg2 related words

drive

urgency · urgent

urgent2 related words

pressing

non-urgent · urgently

uro4 related words

urine

urologic · urological · urologist

usual3 related words

common

unusual · unusualness · usual

uter3 related words

womb

uterine · uterus

utop2 related words

no place

utopian · utopic

utter3 related words

to speak

unutterable · utter · utterance

vac5 related words

empty

vacancy · vacant · vacate

vacu7 related words

empty

evacuate · evacuated · evacuation

vad6 related words

evader · invaded · invader

vade3 related words

invade · pervade

vale3 related words

farewell

valediction · valedictorian · valedictory

value23 related words

worth

devalue · devalued · high-value

vamp4 related words

to patch or refurbish

revamp · revamped · revamping

vampir2 related words

vampire

vampiric · vampirism

vapor5 related words

steam

evaporate · evaporated · evaporation

vari16 related words

change

invariable · invariably · invariant

variable2 related words

changeable

variable-rate · variable-speed

varie2 related words

various

variegate · variegation

vaso5 related words

vessel

vasoconstriction · vasoconstrictor · vasodilation

vect3 related words

carry

invective · vector

vehicle2 related words

machine for transport

single-vehicle · two-vehicle

veil3 related words

cover

unveil · veil · veiled

velop9 related words

wrap

develop · developer · developing

velvet3 related words

fabric

velvet · velveteen · velvety

ven43 related words

come

advent · adventitious · adventure

vend5 related words

sell

vender · vending · vendor

venom2 related words

poison

venomous · venomously

ver9 related words

true

aver · veracious · veracity

verb11 related words

word

proverb · verbalization · verbalize

verber4 related words

to beat

reverberant · reverberate · reverberation

verd2 related words

green

verdant · verdure

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