WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

2004 word families

gigant2 related words

giant

gigantic · gigantism

gild2 related words

to cover with gold

gilded · gilder

ginger3 related words

root

ginger · gingered · gingery

giv2 related words

to bestow

giver · giving

give6 related words

to grant

forgive · gift-giving · give

given2 related words

bestowed

givenness · god-given

glad3 related words

happy

glad · gladly · gladness

glass18 related words

material

blown-glass · glass-bottom · glass-front

glean3 related words

to gather

gleaner · gleanings

glee2 related words

joy

gleeful · gleefully

glib2 related words

slippery

glibly · glibness

global3 related words

worldwide

global · global-scale · global-warming

glomer3 related words

ball

conglomerate · conglomeration

gloom4 related words

darkness

gloom-and-doom · gloomily · gloominess

glott5 related words

glottis

glottal · glottic · subglottic

glycer3 related words

sweet

glyceryl · triglyceride

glyph5 related words

carving

glyphosate · hieroglyph · hieroglyphic

goat5 related words

animal

goatherd · scapegoat · scapegoating

god13 related words

deity

demigod · god-given · god-man

gold12 related words

precious metal

gold-mining · gold-rush · gold-standard

golf4 related words

sport

golf-ball · golf-club · golfer

gon8 related words

angle

diagonal · octagon · octagonal

gonad2 related words

reproductive gland

gonadal · gonadotropin

gonio2 related words

angle

goniometer · goniometric

gossip2 related words

idle talk

gossiping · gossipy

govern7 related words

to rule

governable · governess · governing

grace5 related words

favor

disgracefully · grace · graceful

graci4 related words

favor

graciously · graciousness

grad42 related words

step; go

aggress · aggression · aggressive

grade33 related words

level

degrade · downgrade · eighth-grade

grant3 related words

to bestow

grant · grantee · grantor

graph110 related words

write; draw

autobiographical · autobiographically · autograph

grass16 related words

plant

cheatgrass · grass-court · grass-fed

grate4 related words

pleasing

grateful · gratefully · ingrate

grave5 related words

burial place

grave · graveside · gravesite

gravity4 related words

gravitational force

anti-gravity · antigravity · low-gravity

greg14 related words

flock; group

aggregate · aggregation · aggregative

grotesque2 related words

grotesque

grotesquely · grotesquerie

group17 related words

collection

group-level · groupware · intergroup

gru4 related words

agree

congruence · congruent · congruous

guarant2 related words

to warrant

guarantor · guaranty

guest4 related words

visitor

guestroom · houseguest

guide4 related words

to lead

guide · guideline · guidescope

gush2 related words

to flow out suddenly

gushing · gushy

gust10 related words

taste

degustation · disgust · disgusted

guy4 related words

man

guy · nice-guy · tough-guy

gymn3 related words

naked

gymnasium · gymnast · gymnastics

gyn7 related words

woman

androgynous · misogynist · misogynistic

gyneco4 related words

woman

gynecological · gynecologist · gynecology

gyro3 related words

rotation

gyroplane · gyroscope · gyroscopic

habilit4 related words

make fit

rehabilitated · rehabilitative · rehabilitator

habit12 related words

dwell

cohabitation · habitability · habitat

haemo4 related words

blood

haemodialysis · haemolytic

hammer4 related words

tool

hammer · hammered · hammerhead

hands2 related words

body part

hands-off · hands-on

hang11 related words

to suspend

hang-up · hangdog · hanger

hap7 related words

chance

haphazard · hapless · haplessly

happy3 related words

feeling pleasure

happy · slap-happy · unhappy

hard52 related words

firm

die-hard · hard-bitten · hard-core

harm9 related words

injury

harm-reduction · harmful · harmfulness

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