Synonyms & related words for cruelty

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cruelty — including cruelness, pitilessness, mercilessness, ruthlessness, brutality, inhumanity. 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 cruelty

Explore words related to cruelty — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include inhumanness, cruel, murderousness, savageness, unkindness, barbarism, inhumane, hardheartedness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for cruelty

Common synonyms for cruelty include cruelness, pitilessness, mercilessness, ruthlessness, brutality, inhumanity, harshness, barbarity — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does cruelty come from?

The word cruelty breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cruel-, from Latin crudelis (“cruel, raw”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.