rooted
Deeply set in
Rooted means firmly established or deeply embedded.
A rooted tradition has long, stable foundations.
A rooted belief runs deep and resists change.
Plants become rooted when their roots take hold in soil; people become rooted when they feel settled in a place or community: After twenty years, we're thoroughly rooted here.
To stand rooted is to remain fixed in place, often from shock: She stood rooted to the spot.
In computing, a rooted device has had its software restrictions removed, granting full administrative access.
Placed at midpoint
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- stableSecure and unchanging
- plantedPut into ground
- anchoredFixed securely in position
steady · calm · serene · poised · equilibrium · mindful · present · secure
Firmly established, resistant to change
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- institutionalizedMade formally standard
long-standing · traditional · time-honored · enduring · persistent · conventional · historic · classic
Main descending root
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- radicleEmbryonic plant root
- fibrousMade of threads
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
bulb · germinate · perennial · subterranean · earthbound · nutrients · humus · organic
centered
Placed at midpoint
anchored · steady · calm · serene · poised · equilibrium · mindful · present · secure · settled
entrenched
Firmly established, resistant to change
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
institutionalized · long-standing · traditional · time-honored · enduring · persistent · conventional · historic · classic · permanent
taproot
Main descending root
tuber · bulb · germinate · perennial · subterranean · earthbound · nutrients · humus · organic · terroir
stationary
Not in motion
motionless · immovable · frozen · paralyzed · spot · standstill · rigid · stalled · trapped · pinned
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- genealogyStudy of family descent
bloodline · forebears · descent · pedigree · clan · tribe · dynasty · progenitors · forefathers · kinship
- deeply rootedingrained, entrenched, deep-seated, embedded, ineradicable
- tree traitsbranching, tall, leafy, woody, shady
- plant-like lifemoss, fern, seaweed, kelp, algae
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- homespunfolksy, homey, rustic, down-to-earth, homestyle
- steadfastnesssteadfastness, firmness, resolve, steadfast, unwavering
rootedtemporary
Limited in duration
transient · impermanent · fleeting · ephemeral · transitory
- root beerSassafras-flavored soft drink
- rooting forActively hoping someone succeeds
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- root forActively support a competitor
- square rootNumber times itself equals original
- deep rootsLong-standing connection to place
root, roots, uproot, rooting, uprooting, uprooted, uproots, rootstock, rootlet