Synonyms & related words for distillation

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of distillation — including distillate, distilling, purification, refining, fractionation, evaporation. 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 distillation

Explore words related to distillation — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include redistillation, redistill, distilled, distiller, recondensation, distillery, cymogene, hexone. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for distillation

Common synonyms for distillation include distillate, distilling, purification, refining, fractionation, evaporation, filtration, vaporization — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does distillation come from?

The word distillation breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“down, apart”); and -till, from Latin stilla (“drop”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.