Synonyms for grass roots
grass roots

Princeton's WordNet

1. grass rootsnoun

   the essential foundation or source

   "the problem was attacked at the grass roots"

2. grass rootsnoun

   the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)

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1. • Folk
   • Foundation

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1. Jeff Weaver:

   I think the party is being responsive to the grass roots. I think that's a positive thing, we've got a ways to go -- obviously the full DNC has to approve the changes that were approved here -- but I think everybody here is committed to the reforms that were passed and I look forward to a positive result in August.

2. Desmond Meade:

   Never before has Florida seen such a huge grass-roots movement, and we did, these people rallied from all political spectrums, all walks of life, they rallied around this and said, ‘ We, as citizens of Florida, are going bring sunshine back to this state. ’ According to polling experts, Amendment 4 is tracking high among voters.

3. Ted Cruz:

   Between the campaign fund-raising and the super PAC fund-raising, we have over $40 million cash in the bank, we have not seen a true grass-roots movement conservative with serious fund-raising ability since 1980.

4. Bill Greiner:

   John McCain was left for dead in 2007 and 2008, and look what happened, gov. Christie is very similar to McCain. He has a willingness to tell you things whether you like it or not. He will do the things you need to do to win here, in small groups, in town halls, on the grass-roots level.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   I think this is a moment for all of the Democratic candidates as they come into the race to say : In a Democratic primary, we are going to link arms and we're going to grass-roots funding, no to the billionaires.