Scrabble & Words with friends points
- radical is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- radical is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- radical is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of radical
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm (adjective)
Examples
- radical opinions on education
Synonyms
- extremist
- ultra
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem (adjective)
Examples
- radical leaves
Synonyms
- basal
- an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule (noun)
Examples
- in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells
Synonyms
- free radical
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun)
Synonyms
- base
- root
- root word
- stem
- theme
- markedly new or introducing radical change (adjective)
Examples
- radical political views
Synonyms
- revolutionary
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (noun)
Synonyms
- chemical group
- group
- a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram (noun)
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions (noun)
- arising from or going to the root or source (adjective)
Examples
- a radical flaw in the plan
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity (noun)
- of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root (adjective)
Examples
- a radical verb form
See definition of radical in Merriam Webster