root out

Questions about root out

What does root out mean?

root out means "pull up by or as if by the roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for root out?

Close synonyms include uproot, extirpate, deracinate, uproot, eradicate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is root out a common word?

root out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.