Synonyms & related words for carbonyl

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

Explore words related to carbonyl — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include thiol, cyanohydrin, hydroxyl, carboxylate, pyrone, aldehyde, picoline, oxazine. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does carbonyl come from?

The word carbonyl breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Greek origin: carbon, from Latin carbo (“carbon”); and -yl, from Greek hyle (“matter, substance”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.