Synonyms & related words for ciliary

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

Explore words related to ciliary — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cilium, ciliate, cilia, choroid, chorioid, conjunctiva, oculomotor, flagellar. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does ciliary come from?

The word ciliary breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: cili, from Latin cilium (“eyelash”); and -ary, from Latin -aris (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.