| Library / English Dictionary |
ROOT WORD
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Example:
thematic vowels are part of the stem
Synonyms:
base; radical; root; root word; stem; theme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("root word" is a kind of...):
descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
