grass roots

English Thesaurus

1. the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) (noun.group)

hypernym	:	common people, folk, folks,
definition	:	people in general (often used in the plural) (noun.group)

domain usage	:	plural, plural form,
definition	:	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication)

2. the essential foundation or source (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	foundation,
definition	:	the basis on which something is grounded (noun.linkdef)