OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
sulfur2 related words
chemical element
high-sulfur · sulfuric
sulph2 related words
sulphur
sulphate · sulphurous
sume6 related words
take
assume · presume · resume
summer4 related words
season
spring-summer · summer · summer-league
sumpt8 related words
take
consumption · presumption · presumptive
superior2 related words
higher
superiority · superiorly
supply5 related words
provide
oversupply · power-supply · supply
supra5 related words
above
supraclavicular · supraglottic · supraventricular
sur32 related words
over
surcharge · surface · surfeit
surf3 related words
wave
surf · surfer · surfing
surface4 related words
outer layer
near-surface · resurface · surface
sustain3 related words
support
sustain · unsustainability · unsustainable
swash2 related words
to strike
swashbuckler · swashbuckling
sweet10 related words
sweet
sweet-and-sour · sweet-hot · sweet-sour
swerv2 related words
turn aside
unswerving · unswervingly
swift4 related words
fast
swiftlet · swiftly · swiftness
swing5 related words
to move back and forth
swing · swinger · swingman
swish2 related words
sound
swishing · swishy
sword3 related words
weapon
sword · swordplay · swordsman
syco2 related words
fig
sycophancy · sycophant
syllab5 related words
syllable
monosyllabic · polysyllabic · syllabic
symbol4 related words
sign
symbol · symbolical · symbolically
syn84 related words
together; with
asymmetric · asymmetrical · asymptotic
syrian4 related words
of syria
anti-syrian · israeli-syrian · pro-syrian
system10 related words
organized whole
ecosystem · subsystem · systematic
taint2 related words
to contaminate
tainted · untainted
tali2 related words
such
retaliate · retaliation
talk6 related words
to speak
talk · talkative · talkativeness
tane3 related words
time
simultaneity · simultaneous · simultaneously
tangle4 related words
twist together
disentangle · entangle · entanglement
tard6 related words
slow
retard · retardant · retardation
task3 related words
specific piece of work
multitasking · off-task · task
tasting4 related words
perceiving flavor
bitter-tasting · good-tasting · great-tasting
taur2 related words
bull
minotaur · taurine
taut4 related words
tight
tauten · tautly · tautness
team19 related words
group
a-team · double-team · eight-team
tech8 related words
technology
biotech · high-tech · higher-tech
techn8 related words
art
technical · technics · technique
tect10 related words
cover
detect · detected · detection
tele46 related words
far; distant
cable-television · telecast · telecom
tempor12 related words
time
contemporaneity · contemporaneous · contemporary
tend37 related words
stretch
attend · attended · attending
tender4 related words
soft
fork-tender · tender · tenderize
tens19 related words
stretch
angiotensin · distension · extension
tense3 related words
tight
tense · tensely · tenseness
term15 related words
period
full-term · long-term · medium-term
termin22 related words
boundary
conterminous · coterminous · determinable
terr9 related words
earth; land
subterranean · terra · terrace
territori2 related words
territory
territoriality · territorially
terror5 related words
extreme fear
antiterrorism · counterterrorism · terror
tetra6 related words
four
tetrachloride · tetracycline · tetrahedral
texas3 related words
proper noun
texas-size · texas-style
text11 related words
written words
full-text · hypertext · text-only
thank6 related words
gratitude
thankful · thankfully · thankless
theme2 related words
subject
subtheme · themed
theo10 related words
god
apotheosis · theocentric · theocrat
therapy5 related words
treatment
chemotherapy · physiotherapy · psychotherapy
therm10 related words
heat
geothermal · hydrothermal · hyperthermia
thermo15 related words
heat
thermocouple · thermodynamic · thermodynamics
thi3 related words
sulfur
thiamine · thimerosal
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.