Synonyms & related words for anticlerical

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

Explore words related to anticlerical — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include anticlericalism, anticlericalist, clericalism, antireligious, clericalist, laicism, cleric, ecclesiastic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does anticlerical come from?

The word anticlerical breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: anti-, from Greek anti (“against”); cleric, from Greek klerikos (“of the clergy”); and -al, from Latin alis (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.