Synonyms & related words for buggery

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

Explore words related to buggery — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include sodomy, buggering, sodomite, bestiality, sodomize, fornication, pederasty, bawdry. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does buggery come from?

The word buggery breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Old French origin: bugger, from Latin bulgarus (“Bulgarian (heretic)”); and -y, from Old French -erie (“condition, practice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.