Synonyms & related words for meritocrat

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

Explore words related to meritocrat — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include meritocracy, meritocratic, autocracy, elitism, egalitarianism, equalitarianism, ptochocracy, cronyism. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does meritocrat come from?

The word meritocrat breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Greek origin: merito, from Latin meritum (“worth, desert”); and crat, from Greek kratos (“power, rule”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.