Synonyms & related words for acetonitrile

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of acetonitrile. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to acetonitrile

Explore words related to acetonitrile — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include tetrahydrofuran, chlorobenzene, cyclohexane, formamide, eluent, triethylamine, hexane, cyclohexanone. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does acetonitrile come from?

The word acetonitrile breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: acet, from Latin acetum (“vinegar, sour wine”); o, from Greek -o- (“combining vowel”); nitr, from Greek nitron (“natron, soda, niter”); and -ile, from Latin -ilis (“of the kind of, chemical class marker”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.