Word Families
S to Z
Word families from S to Z, with nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs side by side.
Each row is one family. The bold words are the most common, so learn those first. Not sure how to use this list? The word families overview explains how I would do it: five rows a day, one sentence each.
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S
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| sadness | sadden | sad saddened | sadly |
| safe safety | safe unsafe | safely | |
| satisfaction dissatisfaction | satisfy | satisfactory unsatisfactory satisfied dissatisfied unsatisfied satisfying | satisfactorily unsatisfactorily |
| save saver saving savings | save | ||
| scare | scare | scared scary | scarily |
| school pre-school schooling scholar | school | pre-school scholastic | scholastically scholarly |
| science scientist | scientific unscientific | scientifically | |
| score scorer | score outscore underscore | scoreless | |
| search | search | searching searchable | searchingly |
| seat seating | seat unseat | seated | |
| secrecy secret secretiveness | secrete | secret secretive | secretly secretively |
| sense nonsense sensibility insensitivity sensitiveness sensor | sense sensitize desensitize | sensible senseless sensitive insensitive nonsensical sensory | sensibly sensitivity insensitively senselessly |
| separation separatism separatist | separate | separable inseparable separate | inseparably separately |
| seriousness | serious | seriously | |
| servant serve server service disservice services serving servitude servicing | serve service | serviceable servile serving | |
| sex sexism sexuality sexist | sexist sexual bisexual sexy asexual | sexually sexily | |
| shadow shade | shadow overshadow | shadowy | |
| shake shakiness shaker | shake | shaky | shakily |
| shape shapeliness shapelessness | shape | shapeless shapely shaped | shapelessly |
| sharpener sharpness | sharpen | sharp | |
| shine shininess | shine outshine | shiny | |
| shock shocker | shock | shocked shocking shockable | shockingly |
| shop shopper shopping | shop | ||
| short shortage shortness shorts | shorten | short shortish | short shortly |
| shyness | shy | shy | shyly |
| sick sickness | sicken | sick sickening sickly | sickeningly |
| sight insight oversight sighting | sight | sighted unsightly | |
| sign signal signatory signature signing | sign signal | signed unsigned | |
| significance insignificance signification | signify | significant insignificant | significantly insignificantly |
| silence silencer | silence | silent | silently |
| similarity | similar dissimilar | similarly | |
| simplicity simplification | simplify | simple simplistic | simply |
| song singer singing | sing | sung | |
| single singles | single | single singular | singly |
| skill | skilful skilled unskilled deskilled | skilfully | |
| sleep sleeper sleepiness sleeplessness | sleep | asleep sleepless sleepy sleeping | sleepily |
| slight | slight slighted slightest | slightly | |
| slip slipper | slip | slippery | |
| smoke smoker non-smoker smoking | smoke | smoked smoking non-smoking smoky smokeless | |
| smoothness smoothie | smooth | smooth | smoothly |
| society sociologist sociology socialism socialist socialite | socialize | sociable unsociable social anti-social unsocial sociological | socially sociologically |
| softness softy softener | soften | soft | softly |
| solid solidarity solidity solids | solidify | solid | solidly |
| solution solubility | solve | soluble insoluble unsolved solvable | |
| south southerner | south southerly southern southbound | south southward(s) southbound | |
| speaker speech | speak | unspeakable speechless outspoken unspoken | unspeakably |
| special specialist speciality specialization specialism | specialize | special specialized | specially |
| speed speeding speediness | speed | speedy | speedily |
| spelling speller | spell misspell | ||
| spoils spoiler | spoil | spoilt/spoiled unspoiled/unspoilt | |
| sport | sport | sporting sporty unsporting | sportingly unsportingly |
| spot | spot | spotted spotless spotty | spotlessly |
| stand standing standoff standstill | stand withstand | standing outstanding | outstandingly |
| standard standardization | standardize | standard substandard | |
| start starter non-starter | start restart | ||
| statement understatement | state overstate | understated | |
| steam steamer | steam | steamy steaming | |
| steepness | steepen | steep | steeply |
| sticker stickiness | stick | sticky stuck unstuck | |
| stiffness | stiffen | stiff | stiff stiffly |
| stone | stone | stoned stony | |
| stop stoppage stopper | stop | non-stop | non-stop |
| storm | storm | stormy | |
| straight | straighten | straight | straight |
| stranger strangeness | strange estranged | strangely | |
| strength | strengthen | strong | strongly |
| stress | stress de-stress | stressed stressful | stressy |
| strike striker | strike | striking strikebound | strikingly |
| structure restructuring structuralism structuralist | structure restructure | structural structuralist | structurally |
| student study studies studiousness | study | studious studied | studiously |
| stupidity | stupid | stupidly | |
| style stylist stylishness | style | stylish stylistic | stylishly stylistically |
| substance | substantiate | substantial insubstantial substantive | substantially |
| success | succeed | successful unsuccessful | successfully unsuccessfully |
| suddenness | sudden | suddenly | |
| sufferer suffering sufferance | suffer | insufferable | insufferably |
| suggestion | suggest | suggestive suggestible | suggestively |
| summer midsummer | summery | ||
| supplier supplies supply | supply | ||
| support supporter supportiveness | support | supportive supporting | supportively |
| supposition | suppose presuppose | supposed | supposedly |
| surface | surface resurface | surface | |
| surprise | surprise | surprised surprising | surprisingly |
| surroundings surrounds surround | surround | surrounding | |
| survival survivor | survive | surviving survivable | |
| suspect suspicion | suspect | suspect suspected unsuspecting unsuspected suspicious | suspiciously |
| swearing | swear | sworn | |
| sweet sweetener sweetness sweety | sweeten | sweet | sweetly |
| swim swimmer swimming | swim | swimmingly | |
| symbol symbolism symbolist | symbolize | symbolic symbolical symbolist | symbolically |
| sympathy sympathizer sympathies | sympathize | sympathetic unsympathetic | sympathetically unsympathetically |
| system systematization | systematize | systematic | systematically |
T
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| takings undertaking taker | take overtake undertake | taken | |
| talk talks talker | talk | talkative | |
| taste distaste taster. distastefulness | taste | tasteful distasteful tasteless tasty | tastefully distastefully tastelessly |
| tax taxation | tax | taxable taxing | |
| teacher teaching teachings | teach | taught | |
| tear tearfulness | tearful | tearfully | |
| technicality technician technique | technical | technically | |
| technology technologist | technological | technologically | |
| thanks thankfulness | thank | thankful thankless | thankfully |
| theorist theory theorem | theorize | theoretical | theoretically |
| thickness thickener | thicken | thick | thickly |
| thinness thinner | thin | thin | thinly |
| think rethink thinker thinking | think rethink | unthinkable | |
| thirst | thirsty | thirstily | |
| thought thoughtfulness thoughtlessness | thoughtful thoughtless | thoughtfully thoughtlessly | |
| threat | threaten | threatening | threateningly |
| tie ties | tie untie | ||
| tightness | tighten | tight | tight tightly |
| time overtime timer timing timelessness | time | timeless timely untimely | timelessly |
| tiredness | tire | tired tireless tiresome tiring | tirelessly tiredly tiresomely |
| title subtitle subtitles surtitle | entitle | titled | |
| top topping | top | top topless topmost | |
| touch touchiness | touch | touched untouched touching touchy untouchable | touchingly touchily |
| toughness | toughen | tough | toughly |
| trade trader trading | trade | trade | |
| tradition traditionalist traditionalism | traditional | traditionally | |
| trainee trainer training retraining | train | trained untrained | |
| transport transportation transporter | transport | ||
| treat treatment mistreatment maltreatment | treat mistreat maltreat | untreated | |
| trick trickery trickster | trick | tricky | |
| trouble troubles | trouble | troubled troublesome troubling | troublingly |
| trust distrust mistrust trustee trusteeship trustworthiness | trust distrust mistrust entrust | trusting trustworthy | trustfully |
| truth untruth truthfulness | true untrue truthful | truly truthfully untruthfully | |
| try trier | try | trying untried | |
| turn upturn turning turnout turnaround turnover | turn overturn | upturned | |
| twist twister | twist | twisted twisty | |
| type typing typist | type typify | typical | typically |
U
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| understanding misunderstanding | understand misunderstand | understandable understanding understood misunderstood | |
| upset | upset | upset upsetting | |
| urgency urge urging | urge | urgent | urgently |
| usage use disuse misuse usefulness user | use misuse reuse | reusable used disused unused useful useless | usefully |
V
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| valuables value values valuer valuation evaluation | value devalue evaluate | valuable invaluable undervalued valueless | |
| variable variance variant variety variation | vary | variable varied various | invariably variously |
| vegetable vegetarian | vegetarian | ||
| view overview preview review viewer | view preview review | ||
| violence | violent non-violent | violently | |
| visit visitor visitation | visit revisit | ||
| vote voter voting | vote |
W
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| want wants | want | wanted unwanted | |
| war warfare warrior | pre-war post-war warring warlike | ||
| warmth | warm | warm | warmly |
| wash washer washing washout | wash | washable unwashed awash | |
| wastage waste waster | waste | waste wasteful | wastefully |
| watch watchfulness | watch | watchful | watchfully |
| water waters | water | underwater waterproof watery | underwater |
| way subway midway | wayward | midway | |
| weakling weakness | weaken | weak | weakly |
| wear underwear | wear | wearing worn wearable | |
| week midweek | weekly midweek | weekly midweek | |
| weight weights weighting | weigh outweigh | overweight underweight weighted weighty weightless | weightlessly |
| welcome | welcome | welcome unwelcome welcoming | |
| west western westerner westernization | westernize | westerly western westernized westbound westernmost | west westward(s) westbound |
| white whiteness whitening whites | whiten | white whitish | |
| whole wholesomeness | whole wholesome unwholesome | wholly | |
| width | widen | wide | wide widely |
| wild wildness | wild | wildly | |
| willingness unwillingness | willing unwilling | willingly unwillingly | |
| win winner winnings | win | winning | |
| winter midwinter | wintry | ||
| wire wireless wiring | wire | wiry | |
| woman womanhood | womanize | womanly | |
| wonder wonderment | wonder | wonderful wondrous | wonderfully wondrously |
| wood | wooded wooden woody | woodenly | |
| wool woollens woolliness wooly | woollen woolly | ||
| word words wording | word reword | wordy worded wordless | |
| work workaholic worker workings workout | work rework | workable unworkable overworked working | |
| world underworld | world worldly unworldly worldwide | worldwide | |
| worry worrier | worry | worried unworried worrying worriedly worrisome | worryingly |
| worth worthlessness | worth worthless worthwhile worthy unworthy | worthily | |
| writer writing writings | write rewrite | written unwritten | |
| wrong wrongdoer | wrong | wrong wrongful | wrong wrongly wrongfully |
Y
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | yearly | yearly | |
| young youngster youth | young youthful | youthfully |
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sad is an adjective. Which word is the adverb in its family?
soft is an adjective. Which word is the verb in its family?
success is a noun. Which word is the adverb in its family?
tear is a noun. Which word is the adverb in its family?
tradition is a noun. Which word is the adverb in its family?
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