Meanings
comparative more grassroots · superlative most grassroots · alternative grass-roots · alternative grassroot
- Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.
2020 November 18, Brian Lowry, “‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2026Antonyms: grass tops, Astroturf
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefundamental
adjectiveof or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*grasą
- Proto-West Germanic*gras
- Old Englishgræs
- Middle Englishgras
- Englishgrass
- Englishroots
- Englishgrassroots
Translations
Bengali তৃণমূল
- তৃণমূল (trinômul)of the grass roots
Catalan de base, local
- de baseof the grass roots
- localof the grass roots
Chinese Mandarin 草根, 基層 /基层
- 草根 (cǎogēn)of the grass roots
- 基層 /基层 (jīcéng)of the grass roots
Finnish ruohonjuuritason
- ruohonjuuritasonof the grass roots
French local, sur le terrain
- localof the grass roots
- sur le terrainof the grass roots
German Basis-, Grassroots-
- Basis-of the grass roots
- Grassroots-of the grass roots
Hindi तृणमूल
- तृणमूल (tŕṇmūl)of the grass roots
Indonesian akar rumput
- akar rumputof the grass roots
Italian popolare, sociale
- popolareof the grass roots
- socialeof the grass roots
- di baseof the grass roots
- dal bassoof the grass roots
Malay akar umbi
- akar umbiof the grass roots
Polish oddolny
- oddolnyof the grass roots
Russian рядово́й, низово́й
- рядово́й (rjadovój)of the grass roots
- низово́й (nizovój)of the grass roots
- обыкнове́нный (obyknovénnyj)of the grass roots
- обы́чный (obýčnyj)of the grass roots
- ме́стный (méstnyj)of the grass roots
Spanish de base
- de baseof the grass roots
Swedish gräsrot
- gräsrotof the grass roots
Thai รากหญ้า
- รากหญ้า (râak-yâa)of the grass roots
Welsh llawr gwlad
- llawr gwladof the grass roots
Cite this entry
grassroots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassroots
“grassroots.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassroots. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grassroots,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassroots.
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