Synonyms & related words for anhydride

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

Explore words related to anhydride — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include diacid, imide, cyanohydrin, acetamide, diamine, polyhydric, cyanate, dihydric. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does anhydride come from?

The word anhydride breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: an-, from Greek an- (“without”); hydr, from Greek hydor (“water”); and -ide, from Greek -ide (“chemical compound”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.