Synonyms & related words for acrylonitrile

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of acrylonitrile. 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 acrylonitrile

Explore words related to acrylonitrile — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include butadiene, propylene, chloroprene, styrene, propene, ethylene, ethene, methacrylate. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does acrylonitrile come from?

The word acrylonitrile breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: acryl, from Latin acer (“sharp, pungent (acrolein-derived)”); nitr, from Greek nitron (“nitrogen compound”); and -ile, from Latin -ilis (“chemical suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.