Synonyms & related words for depredation

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of depredation — including ravage, plundering, rapine, looting, pillaging, despoliation. 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 depredation

Explore words related to depredation — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include predation, depredator, depredate, pillages, spoliate, plunders, spoliator, plunderer. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for depredation

Common synonyms for depredation include ravage, plundering, rapine, looting, pillaging, despoliation, despoiling, brigandage — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does depredation come from?

The word depredation breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pred-, from Latin praeda (“prey, plunder”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.