Grammar Reference

Word formation

Word families

Many words belong to a word family. That is, they form a set of words that have the same root. This is particularly true for academic words – those words that commonly occur in academic text; that is, texts that are about commercial, scientific, legal or cultural topics.

significance (abstract noun)
significant (adjective)
signify (verb)
insignificant (negative adjective)
significantly (adverb)