Synonyms for roots
roots

Princeton's WordNet

1. rootsnoun

   the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

   "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"

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1. List of paraphrases for "roots":

   root, racines, origins, raíces, racine, causes, rooting, rooted, origin, rootlets, root-causes

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1. List of known nicknames for "Roots":

   Rootz, Roots.

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1. Brian Hook:

   Under the cover of the Syrian war, the IRGC is now trying to plant military roots in Syria and establish a new strategic base to threaten Syria's neighbors such as Israel, in Iraq, I can announce today, based on declassified US military reports, that Iran is responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American service members. This accounts for 17 percent of all deaths of US personnel in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. This death toll is in addition to the many thousands of Iraqis killed by the IRGC's proxies.

2. Klado Ramzi:

   We have had roots in Iraq for thousands and thousands of years, it is very important that we protect our language, our being. We respect all people in Iraq, but we refuse to be part of the fighting between Kurds and Arabs. We want to be independent and we need our own system of security for the NPU area.

3. Lowman Henry:

   I would characterize that as a microcosm of this entire campaign, he's willing to roll up his sleeves and go out there and do the hard grass-roots work that is necessary to win delegates.

4. Joram Mathenge:

   In the past, people would be pushed off the land for reforestation. At night, they would rip up the saplings and destroy their roots.

5. Lui Yi-shan:

   Compared with the housing policies over the past two years, this year's policies are even more disappointing to the grass-roots, especially the subdivided flat dwellers.