GRASS ROOTS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("grass roots" is a kind of...):

common people; folk; folks (people in general (often used in the plural))

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Meaning:

The essential foundation or source

Example:

the problem was attacked at the grass roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("grass roots" is a kind of...):

foundation (the basis on which something is grounded)