radical
Academic Word List, sublist 8.
About 28.59 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of or pertaining to the root of a plant.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- adjective Produced using the root of the tongue.
- adjective Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
a radical quantity; a radical sign
- adjective Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- adjective Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
His beliefs are radical.
- adjective Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.
- adjective Involving free radicals.
Similar words
extremist revolutionary ultra group basal basic theme base stem root word
Often followed by
change and changes in political party departure reform social
Word family
radically radicalness radicalnesses radicals
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