Synonyms & related words for meritocratic

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

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

Where does meritocratic come from?

The word meritocratic breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: merit, from Latin meritum (“that which is deserved”); o, from Greek o (“connective vowel”); crat, from Greek kratos (“power, rule”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.