Synonyms & related words for cantilever

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

Explore words related to cantilever — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include girder, trusses, trestlework, bascule, gantry, beam, arciform, falsework. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cantilever come from?

The word cantilever breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: canti, from Latin cant (“corner, edge, bracket (perhaps from Latin cantus 'rim, edge')”); and lever, from Latin levare (“to raise, lift”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.