Synonyms & related words for pesticide

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pesticide — including insecticide, acaricide, herbicide, miticide, fumigant, fungicide. 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 pesticide

Explore words related to pesticide — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include malathion, organophosphate, lindane, parathion, disinfesting, methoxychlor, paraquat, insecticidal. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for pesticide

Common synonyms for pesticide include insecticide, acaricide, herbicide, miticide, fumigant, fungicide, rodenticide, toxicant — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does pesticide come from?

The word pesticide breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pest-, from Latin pestis (“plague”); and -cid, from Latin caedo (“cut, kill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.