Synonyms & related words for phototropic

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

Explore words related to phototropic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photopositive, phototactic, photonastic, phototropism, heliotropism, photonegative, phototaxis, heliotaxis. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does phototropic come from?

The word phototropic breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: photo, from Greek phos (“light”); trop, from Greek tropos (“turning”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.