Synonyms & related words for pesticides

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

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

Where does pesticides come from?

The word pesticides 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.