Synonyms & related words for cirrus

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cirrus — including stratus, cumulus, cloud, thunderhead, nimbus, cloudscape. 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 cirrus

Explore words related to cirrus — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cirrate, cirrostratus, floccus, cirrocumulus, stratocumulus, cirri, altocumulus, altostratus. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for cirrus

Common synonyms for cirrus include stratus, cumulus, cloud, thunderhead, nimbus, cloudscape, thundercloud — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does cirrus come from?

The word cirrus breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cirr-, from Latin cirrus (“curl, tuft”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.