OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
rubr2 related words
red
rubric · rubrum
rud2 related words
rough
erudite · erudition
rude2 related words
impolite
rudely · rudeness
rule5 related words
govern
home-rule · overrule · rule
rupt27 related words
break; burst
abrupt · bankruptcy · corrupt
rural3 related words
countryside
rural-to-urban · semi-rural · urban-rural
rust4 related words
iron oxide
rust · rusted · rustproof
ruth2 related words
compassion
ruthlessly · ruthlessness
sacchar3 related words
sugar
saccharin · saccharine
sacr5 related words
sacred
sacral · sacrality · sacrament
sacri4 related words
sacred
sacrificial · sacrificing · sacrilege
safe8 related words
secure
food-safety · public-safety · safe
saint2 related words
holy person
sainthood · saintly
sale5 related words
act of selling
fire-sale · pre-sale · resale
salin5 related words
salt
desalinated · desalinization · desalinize
saliv3 related words
saliva
salivary · salivate · salivation
salmon3 related words
fish
salmon · salmon-pink · salmonid
salv6 related words
save
salvage · salvaged · salvation
same10 related words
identical
same-age · same-day · same-gender
sanct8 related words
holy
sanctification · sanctify · sanction
sancti3 related words
holy
sanctimoniously · sanctimony
sanguin3 related words
blood
consanguinity · sanguinary
satellite4 related words
orbiting body
anti-satellite · satellite-based · satellite-tv
satir4 related words
satire
satiric · satirically · satirize
satis12 related words
enough
satisfaction · satisfactory · satisfy
saur12 related words
lizard
brontosaur · dinosaur · hadrosaur
savvy3 related words
knowledgeable
computer-savvy · internet-savvy · tech-savvy
say8 related words
to speak
doomsayer · gainsay · naysay
schol2 related words
school
scholar · scholastic
sci17 related words
know
conscience · conscientious · conscientiously
science12 related words
knowledge
bioscience · computer-science · geoscience
scintill4 related words
spark
scintillate · scintillating · scintillation
scler6 related words
hard
atherosclerosis · otosclerosis · sclerosis
scop21 related words
see
endoscopically · gyroscopic · hygroscopic
scope19 related words
view; examine
bronchoscope · endoscope · finderscope
scorch3 related words
to burn
scorch · scorcher · scorching
scrap5 related words
fragment
scrap · scrapbook · scrapped
scratch5 related words
to scrape
scratch-off · scratchboard · scratchy
scream2 related words
to cry out loudly
screamer · screamingly
screen17 related words
display surface
big-screen · flat-screen · flatscreen
scrib43 related words
write
ascription · ascriptive · circumscribed
scribe11 related words
write
ascribe · ascribed · circumscribe
scrut5 related words
examine
inscrutability · inscrutable · scrutable
sculpt8 related words
to carve
sculpted · sculptor · sculpture
seam4 related words
join
seam · seamed · seamlessly
search5 related words
to look for
research · search-and-rescue · searching
seat12 related words
place to sit
backseat · four-seat · front-seat
secr5 related words
sacred
consecrate · consecration · desecrate
secret4 related words
hidden
secret · secretive · secretly
sect21 related words
cut
bisect · dissect · dissected
sector3 related words
section
public-sector · sector · service-sector
secular7 related words
worldly
non-secular · secularism · secularist
security7 related words
safety
high-security · home-security · maximum-security
secut11 related words
follow
consecutive · consecutively · persecuted
seem2 related words
to appear
seeming · seemingly
segment3 related words
section
segment · segmental · segmentary
select9 related words
choose
deselect · selective · selectively
semant2 related words
meaning
semantic · semantics
semester4 related words
academic term
first-semester · one-semester · semester-long
semin10 related words
seed
disseminate · dissemination · disseminator
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.