Word Families
M to R
Word families from M to R, with nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs side by side.
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M
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| machine machinery mechanic mechanics mechanism machinist | mechanical mechanized | mechanically | |
| magic magician | magic magical | magically | |
| make remake maker making | make remake | unmade | |
| man manhood mankind manliness mannishness | man | manly manned unmanned mannish | mannishly manfully |
| management manager manageress | manage | manageable unmanageable managerial | |
| mark marker markings | mark | marked unmarked | markedly |
| market marketing marketability marketer marketeer | market | marketable | |
| marriage | marry remarry | married unmarried marriageable | |
| match mismatch | match | matching unmatched matchless | matchlessly |
| material materialism materialist materials materialization | materialize | material immaterial materialistic | materially |
| meaning meaningfulness | mean | meaningful meaningless meaninglessly | meaningfully |
| measure measurement | measure | measurable immeasurable measured | immeasurably |
| medical medication medicine | medical medicated medicinal | medically medicinally | |
| memorial memory | memorize | memorable | memorably |
| mentality | mental | mentally | |
| method methodology | methodical methodological | methodically | |
| militancy militant the military militia militarist militarism | military militant militaristic militarized demilitarized | militantly militarily | |
| mind minder reminder mindlessness | mind remind | mindless mindful minded | mindlessly |
| minimum minimization | minimize | minimal minimum minimalist | minimally |
| miss | miss | missing | |
| mistake | mistake | mistaken unmistakable | mistakably unmistakenly |
| mix mixer mixture | mix | mixed | |
| modernity modernization | modernize | modern modernistic | |
| moment | momentary momentous | momentarily | |
| mood moodiness | moody | moodily | |
| moral morals morality immorality | moralize | moral amoral immoral moralistic | morally |
| mother motherhood | mother | motherly | |
| move movement removal remover mover | move remove | movable unmoved moving | movingly |
| murder murderer | murder | murderous | murderously |
| music musical musician musicianship musicality musicologist musicology | musical unmusical | musically |
N
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | name rename | named unnamed nameless | namely |
| nation national multinational nationalism nationalist nationality nationalization | nationalize denationalize | national international multinational nationalistic | nationally internationally |
| nature naturalist naturalization naturalness the supernatural naturist naturism | naturalize | natural supernatural unnatural naturalistic | naturally unnaturally |
| necessity | necessitate | necessary unnecessary | necessarily unnecessarily |
| need needs | need | needless needy needed | needlessly |
| nerve nerves nervousness | unnerve | nervous nervy nerveless unnerving | nervously nervelessly unnervingly |
| news renewal newness | renew | new renewable renewed | newly anew |
| night midnight | overnight nightly nights | ||
| noise noisiness | noisy noiseless | noisily | |
| normality abnormality norm | normalize | normal abnormal | normally abnormally |
| north northerner | north northerly northern northward(s) northbound northbound | north northward(s) | |
| notice | notice | noticeable unnoticed | noticeably |
| number numeral | number outnumber enumerate | innumerable numerical numerous numbered numerate | |
| nurse nursery nursing | nurse |
O
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| obedience disobedience | obey disobey | obedient disobedient | obediently disobediently |
| occasion | occasional | occasionally | |
| offence offender offensive | offend | offensive inoffensive | offensively |
| office officer official officialdom | officiate | official unofficial | officially unofficially |
| the open opener opening openness | open | open opening | openly |
| operation cooperation cooperate operator | operate operative | operational operative cooperative operable | operationally |
| opposition opposite | oppose | opposed opposing opposite | opposite |
| option | opt | optional | optionally |
| order disorder | order | disordered orderly disorderly ordered | |
| organization disorganization reorganization organizer | organize disorganize reorganize | organizational organized | |
| origin original originality originator | originate | original unoriginal | originally |
| owner ownership | own disown |
P
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| the public publication publicist publicity | publicize | public | publicly |
| publisher publishing | publish | published unpublished | |
| punishment | punish | punishable punishing punitive | punishingly |
| purification purist purity impurity purifier | purify | pure impure | purely |
| purpose purposelessness | purposeful purposeless | purposefully purposely purposelessly | |
| push pusher pushiness | push | pushed pushy |
Q
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| qualification disqualification qualifier | qualify disqualify | qualified unqualified | |
| quarter quarters | quarter | quarterly | quarterly |
| question questioning questioner questionnaire | question | questionable unquestionable | unquestionably |
| quiet disquiet | quieten/quiet | quiet | quietly |
R
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| race racism racist | racial multiracial racist | racially | |
| rarity | rare rarefied rarified | rarely | |
| rate rating ratings | rate underrate | overrated underrated | |
| reaction reactor reactant | react overreact | reactionary | |
| read reader readership reading | read | readable unreadable | |
| readiness | ready | ready | readily |
| realism realist reality unreality realization | realize | real unreal realistic unrealistic realisable | real really realistically |
| reason reasoning reasonableness | reason | reasonable unreasonable reasoned | reasonably unreasonably |
| receipt receipts receiver reception recipient | receive | receptive reciprocal received | reciprocally |
| recognition | recognize | recognizable unrecognizable recognized | recognizably |
| record recorder recording | record | recorded unrecorded | |
| referee reference referral | refer referee | ||
| reflection reflector | reflect | reflective | reflectively |
| regret | regret | regrettable regretful | regrettably regretfully |
| regular regularity irregularity | regulate | regular irregular | regularly irregularly |
| relation relations relationship relative | relate | related unrelated relative | relatively |
| relaxation | relax | relaxed relaxing | |
| reliability reliance | rely | reliable unreliable reliant | reliably |
| religion | religious irreligious | religiously | |
| the remainder remains | remain | remaining | |
| remark | remark | remarkable unremarkable | remarkably |
| repair disrepair | repair | irreparable | irreparably |
| repeat repetition | repeat | repeated repetitive/repetitious | repeatedly repetitively |
| report reporter | report | unreported | reportedly |
| representation representative | represent | representative unrepresentative | |
| reputation disrepute | reputable disreputable reputed | reputedly reputably | |
| respect disrespect respectability respecter respects | respect | respectable respected respectful disrespectful respective | respectably respectfully disrespectfully respectively irrespective |
| respondent response responsiveness | respond | responsive unresponsive | responsively |
| responsibility irresponsibility | responsible irresponsible | responsibly irresponsibly | |
| rest unrest restlessness | rest | restless rested restful | restlessly |
| retiree retirement | retire | retired | |
| reward | reward | rewarding unrewarding | |
| riches richness enrichment the rich | enrich | rich | richly |
| ride rider riding | ride | riderless | |
| right rightness rights righteousness | right | right righteous rightful | right rightly rightfully |
| roll roller | roll unroll | rolling | |
| romance romantic romanticism | romance romanticize | romantic unromantic romanticized | romantically |
| rough roughage roughness | rough roughen | rough | rough roughly |
| round rounders roundness | round | round rounded | round roundly |
| royal royalist royalty | royal royalist | royally | |
| rudeness | rude | rudely | |
| rule ruler ruling | rule overrule | ruling | |
| run rerun runner running rundown | run outrun overrun rerun | running runny |
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machine is a noun. Which word is the adverb in its family?
minimize is a verb. Which word is the adjective in its family?
noise is a noun. Which word is the adverb in its family?
publish is a verb. Which word is the noun in its family?
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