grassroots

See also: grass-roots and grass roots

English

Alternative forms

• grass-roots, grassroot

Etymology

grass +‎ roots

Adjective

grassroots (comparative more grassroots, superlative most grassroots)

1. Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.

   Antonyms: grass tops, Astroturf

Derived terms

• grassroots democracy
• grassroots leader

 

Translations

of the grass roots

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: তৃণমূল (bn) (trinômul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草根 (zh) (cǎogēn), 基層／基层 (zh) (jīcéng)

• Finnish: ruohonjuuritason
• French: local (fr), sur le terrain (fr)
• German: Basis-, Grassroots-
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: akar rumput
• Italian: popolare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: akar umbi
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: рядово́й (ru) (rjadovój), низово́й (ru) (nizovój), обыкнове́нный (ru) (obyknovénnyj), обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), (local) ме́стный (ru) (méstnyj)
• Spanish: de base
• Swedish: gräsrot (sv) c
• Thai: รากหญ้า (râak-yâa)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• grass roots