Wordiyo
Vocabulary
Learn
My WordsPricing
Wordiyo

Build your English vocabulary systematically through word roots and etymology.

Explore

  • Vocabulary
  • Roots
  • My Words

Learn

  • Guides
  • Read

Company

  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

© 2026 Wordiyo.

  1. Home
  2. /All Roots
  3. /vis

vis

Latin

Variants

visvid

Related Roots

--

About This Root

From Latin vidēre (to see), past participle vīsum. Variant vid-. One of the primary roots for sight: vision, visit (to go see), visible, television (far-seeing), evident (seen clearly — from ē- + vidēre), advise (to look at/consider), and revise (to look again). The vid- form appears in video (I see) and provide (to see ahead/prepare for).

Associated Words

advice

A recommendation or opinion offered to guide someone's actions

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

advisable

Recommended as sensible or wise; prudent and desirable

TOEFLGREB2

advise

To offer advice or recommendations; to formally inform someone

NGSL 2kTOEFLA2

adviser

A person who gives expert advice

NGSL 3kB1

advisor

A person who gives expert advice

B1

advisory

Giving or containing advice; an official public warning

B1

audio-visual

Involving both sound and visual elements

clairvoyance

The supposed power to perceive things beyond normal senses; keen insight

GREC2

clairvoyant

A person with supposed supernatural perception; having the ability to foresee the future

GREC2

envisage

To picture or imagine something in one's mind

IELTSGREC2

envision

To imagine or picture something in one's mind

TOEFLGREC2

evidence

facts that indicate whether something is true

NGSL 1kIELTSTOEFL

evidence-based

Based on actual evidence

evident

Clearly seen or understood; obvious

TOEFLB1

evidential

Relating to or serving as evidence

C2

evidently

Clearly and obviously

B2

home-video

A video recording made at home of personal or family events

ill-advised

Not carefully thought out; unwise

improvident

Failing to plan or save for the future; reckless

TOEFLGREC2

improvisation

Spontaneous creation or performance without prior preparation

C2

improvisational

Relating to or involving improvisation

C2

improvisatory

Of or relating to improvisation

C2

improvise

To create or perform without preparation; to make do with what is available

IELTSTOEFLGRE

improvised

Made or done without preparation; unrehearsed

GREC2

improviser

A person who improvises

TOEFLC2

inadvisable

Not wise or recommended

C2

individual

a single person; relating to one person

NGSL 1kIELTSGRE

interview

a formal questioning session; to ask questions of someone

NGSL 1kIELTSA1

interviewee

The person being interviewed

IELTSB1

interviewer

The person who conducts an interview

IELTSA1

interviews

Plural/verb form of interview: formal question-and-answer meetings

IELTSA2

invidious

Causing resentment or offense; unfairly discriminating

GREC2

invidiously

In a way that causes resentment or envy

C2

invisible

Unable to be seen; not visible

IELTSB2

invisibly

In a way that cannot be seen

B2

low-vision

Significantly reduced eyesight that cannot be fully corrected

night-vision

The ability or technology to see in darkness

nonvisual

Not involving sight or vision

C2

ocean-view

Having a view of the ocean

overview

A brief general summary of a subject

A2

point-of-view

A particular perspective or standpoint

preview

An advance showing of something; a trailer for a film or show

GREA2

previse

To foresee or forewarn

prevision

Foresight or advance knowledge of future events

GREB2

provide

to supply or make available

NGSL 1kTOEFLA2

provided

On the condition that; only if

IELTSB1

providence

Foresight and careful planning; divine care and guidance

B1

provident

Carefully planning and saving for the future

TOEFLGREC2

providential

Fortunate, as if arranged by divine providence

GREC2

provision

The act of supplying something; a stock of food or goods; a clause in a law or agreement

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

provisional

Temporary and subject to change; not yet final

IELTSGREB2

provisory

Containing a condition or proviso; temporary

GREC2

resurvey

A second survey; to survey again

A1

review

an evaluation; a critical article; to examine again

NGSL 1kIELTSTOEFL

reviewer

A person who critically evaluates books, films, or other works

A2

reviewing

Examining or assessing something again

A2

revise

To review and improve written material; to study again for an exam

NGSL 3kIELTSTOEFL

revised

Updated or corrected from an earlier version

B1

revision

The process of correcting or improving something; reviewing previously learned material

IELTSTOEFLB1

revisionary

Of or relating to revision

C2

revisit

To visit again; to reconsider a topic

A1

self-evident

Obviously true, requiring no proof or explanation

self-evidently

In an obviously true manner, needing no proof

side-view

A view of something seen from the side

supervise

To watch over and direct people or work

IELTSTOEFLGRE

supervised

Done under the watch of a supervisor

B2

supervising

The act of overseeing others' work

B2

supervision

The act of overseeing and directing others' work

TOEFLB2

supervisor

A person who oversees and directs others' work

IELTSTOEFLB2

supervisory

Relating to supervision or oversight

B2

surveillance

Close observation or monitoring of a person or area

GREB2

survey

An investigation collecting information; to examine carefully; land measurement

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

surveying

The science of measuring land and distances for mapping

A1

surveyor

A person who measures land or inspects and assesses something

GREA1

televise

To broadcast by television

TOEFLB2

television

a device for viewing broadcast images and sound; TV

NGSL 1kIELTSA1

televisual

Relating to or suitable for television

C2

undivided

Whole; not divided or shared

C2

unsupervised

Not watched over or monitored

C2

video

A recorded moving image or film clip; to record with a video camera

NGSL 2kIELTSA1

video-game

An electronic game played on a screen

videocamera

A camera for recording moving images as video

videocassette

A cassette containing videotape for recording or playback

TOEFLC2

videocast

A video broadcast distributed online; to broadcast video online

videodisc

An optical disc containing recorded video content

C2

videophone

A telephone that transmits both audio and video

C2

videos

Recordings of visual and audio content; television programmes

IELTSA1

videotape

Magnetic tape for recording video and sound; to record on such tape

IELTSC2

view

what one can see; an opinion; to look at or consider

NGSL 1kIELTSA2

viewer

A person who watches something, especially television

B2

viewing

The act of watching something; a pre-burial gathering

A2

viewpoint

A particular way of thinking about something; a position from which something is observed

B1

visa

An official permit to enter a country; to endorse a passport with such a permit

IELTSB1

visage

A person's face or outward appearance

GREB2

visas

Plural of visa

IELTSB1

visibility

The degree to which things can be seen; public awareness

TOEFLB2

visible

Able to be seen; noticeable or apparent

NGSL 3kIELTSB1

visible-light

Light that is detectable by the human eye

visibly

In a clearly noticeable way

B2

vision

The ability to see; something imagined or dreamed; a plan for the future

NGSL 2kTOEFLB1

visionary

A person with creative foresight; having original vision or imagination

GREB2

visit

to go to see a person or place; an act of visiting

NGSL 1kA1

visitable

Worth visiting or accessible to visitors

A1

visitation

An official visit or inspection; a disaster; a supernatural encounter

A1

visitor

A person who visits someone or a place; a guest or tourist

NGSL 2kA2

visitors

People who visit a place or person

IELTSA2

vista

A wide scenic view; a mental vision of possibilities

TOEFLGREC1

visual

Relating to sight or vision; an image or graphic element

NGSL 3kIELTSTOEFL

visualization

Forming a mental image; a visual representation of data

B1

visualize

To form a clear mental image of something

IELTSB1

visualized

Represented or imagined in visual form

B1

visually

By means of sight; in terms of appearance

B1

well-advised

Acting with good judgment and prudence; 明智的,审慎的

worldview

An overall perspective and set of beliefs about the world