Synonyms & related words for excrement

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of excrement — including excreta, ordure, egesta, excretes, filth, dejecta. 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 excrement

Explore words related to excrement — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include feces, coprophilous, excremental, droppings, coprophagous, excretion, stercoraceous, poop. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for excrement

Common synonyms for excrement include excreta, ordure, egesta, excretes, filth, dejecta, muck — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does excrement come from?

The word excrement breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: ex-, from Latin ex (“out, forth”); and -crement, from Latin cerno (“sift, separate”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.