Synonyms & related words for dragonfly

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

Explore words related to dragonfly — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include damselfly, butterfly, bluet, clearwing, darner, ephemerid, nymphalid, lacewing. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does dragonfly come from?

The word dragonfly breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root dragon-, from Greek drakon (“serpent, dragon”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.