Synonyms & related words for attritional

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Words related to attritional

Explore words related to attritional — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include attrition, attrit, detrition, internecine, contriteness, casualties, waged, waging. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does attritional come from?

The word attritional breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: at-, from Latin ad (“toward, against”); trit, from Latin terere (“to rub, wear away”); -ion, from Latin -io (“act, process”); and -al, from Latin -alis (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.