Synonyms & related words for appetency

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

Explore words related to appetency — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include appetence, appetite, orectic, craving, appetitive, desire, hankering, inappetence. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does appetency come from?

The word appetency breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: ap-, from Latin ad (“to, toward”); pet, from Latin petere (“to seek, strive for”); and -ency, from Latin -entia (“state, quality”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.