Synonyms & related words for fissure

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of fissure — including scissure, crevice, cleft, crack, cranny, rift. 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 fissure

Explore words related to fissure — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include chasmic, interstice, rimose, sulcus, lacunate, sulci, schisms, lacunose. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for fissure

Common synonyms for fissure include scissure, crevice, cleft, crack, cranny, rift, crevasse, chasm — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does fissure come from?

The word fissure breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fiss-, from Latin findo (“to split, cleave”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.