Synonyms & related words for cottony

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

Explore words related to cottony — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include downlike, soft, downiness, oversoft, pillowy, shalli, softling, fluffy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cottony come from?

The word cottony breaks down into 2 roots of Arabic and Old English origin: cotton, from Arabic qutn (“cotton”); and -y, from Old English ig (“having the quality of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.