Synonyms & related words for flagella

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

Explore words related to flagella — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include flagellum, biflagellate, flagellar, alloplasm, flagellated, cilia, organelles, trichomonad. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does flagella come from?

The word flagella breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root flagell-, from Latin flagrum (“whip, scourge”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.