Synonyms & related words for burglary

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of burglary — including robbery, theft, housebreaking, heist, safecracking. 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 burglary

Explore words related to burglary — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include burglarious, larceny, burglars, larcener, burgle, larcenist, burglarize, mugging. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for burglary

Common synonyms for burglary include robbery, theft, housebreaking, heist, safecracking — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does burglary come from?

The word burglary breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root burgl-, from Latin burgator (“one who breaks in”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.