Synonyms & related words for glutamate

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

Explore words related to glutamate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include aspartate, neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, dopamine, glycine, norepinephrine, noradrenergic, nicotinic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does glutamate come from?

The word glutamate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: glut, from Latin gluten (“glue”); am, from Greek ammoniakon (“amine (ammonia-derived)”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“salt/ester of an acid”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.