grassroots
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
fundamental
the grassroots factor in making the decision
Related & opposite
- basic similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament
Related & opposite
- common similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | basic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | common |