Synonyms & related words for hydrophobe

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

Explore words related to hydrophobe — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hydrophobic, hydrophilic, hydrophobicity, amphiphile, amphiphilic, hydrophilicity, amphipathic, hydrophile. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does hydrophobe come from?

The word hydrophobe breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: hydro, from Greek hydor (“water”); and -phobe, from Greek phobos (“fearing, one who/that which shuns”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.