Synonyms & related words for despoil

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of despoil — including plunder, pillage, spoliate, loot, ransack, spoil. 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 despoil

Explore words related to despoil — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include despoilment, despoliation, reave, rapine, spoliator, depredator, spoliation, bereave. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for despoil

Common synonyms for despoil include plunder, pillage, spoliate, loot, ransack, spoil, depredate, freeboot — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does despoil come from?

The word despoil breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -spoil, from Latin spolium (“strip, plunder”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.