Synonyms & related words for glands

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

Explore words related to glands — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include secretor, glandulous, glandule, glandular, eccrine, eccrinology, pituitary, adrenal. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does glands come from?

The word glands breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root gland-, from Latin glans (“acorn”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.