Synonyms & related words for assassinate

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

Explore words related to assassinate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include assassination, kill, murder, assassin, tyrannicidal, murderers, slaying, kidnap. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does assassinate come from?

The word assassinate breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root assassin-, from Arabic hashishin (“hashish-eaters”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.