roots
nounHow many syllables in roots?
There is 1 syllable in the word roots.How to pronounce roots:
Definition of roots:
- roots (noun):
- the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
- the part of a plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground and absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil
- the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves
Synonyms for roots:
ancestor
antecedent
ascendant
ascendent
base
beginning
beginnings
commencements
cradles
etymon
fonts
fountainheads
fountains
geneses
origin
origins
radical
radicle
radix
rhizome
root
root word
rootage
seedbeds
solution
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Antonyms for roots:
completion
conclusion
consequence
death
discouragement
effect
end
ending
entertainment
finish
fun
goal
hindrance
issue
lineages
outcome
outgrowth
parent
posterity
progenitures
progeny
result
seed
speech
termination
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