Synonyms & related words for microbicide

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

Explore words related to microbicide — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include microbe, biocidal, microbic, antimicrobial, rifamycin, microorganism, microbian, spermicidal. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does microbicide come from?

The word microbicide breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: micro-, from Greek mikros (“small”); bi, from Greek bios (“life”); and -cide, from Latin caedere (“to kill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.