Synonyms & related words for loot

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of loot — including plunder, pillage, ransack, booty, despoil, swag. 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 loot

Explore words related to loot — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include reave, pelf, rapine, depredator, raiding, despoilment, thieve, spoliator. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for loot

Common synonyms for loot include plunder, pillage, ransack, booty, despoil, swag, depredate, spoils — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does loot come from?

The word loot breaks down into one root of Hindi origin: the root loot-, from Hindi lut (“plunder, rob”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.