Synonyms & related words for insecticide

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of insecticide — including pesticide, acaricide, miticide, herbicide, fungicide, fumigant. 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 insecticide

Explore words related to insecticide — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include insecticidal, pyrethrin, parathion, organophosphate, malathion, allethrin, methoxychlor, lindane. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for insecticide

Common synonyms for insecticide include pesticide, acaricide, miticide, herbicide, fungicide, fumigant, rodenticide, germicide — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does insecticide come from?

The word insecticide breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sect-, from Latin seco (“cut”); and -cid, from Latin caedo (“cut, kill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.