Synonyms & related words for carboxylate

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

Explore words related to carboxylate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include sulfonate, carbonyl, amide, sulphonate, hydroxyl, dihydric, imide, phenoxide. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does carboxylate come from?

The word carboxylate breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: carb, from Latin carbo (“carbon”); oxy, from Greek oxys (“oxygen, sharp”); yl, from Greek hyle (“matter, substance”); and -ate, from Latin -atus (“salt or ester”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.