Synonyms & related words for malicious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of malicious — including despiteful, malevolent, spiteful, malign, vicious, evil. 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 malicious

Explore words related to malicious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include unmalicious, cattish, vixenish, maliciously, maliciousness, malignly, malevolently, malice. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for malicious

Common synonyms for malicious include despiteful, malevolent, spiteful, malign, vicious, evil, malefic, maleficent — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does malicious come from?

The word malicious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root mal-, from Latin malus (“bad, evil”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.