Synonyms & related words for prejudicial

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of prejudicial — including detrimental, damaging, injurious, harmful, deleterious, prejudged. 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 prejudicial

Explore words related to prejudicial — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nonprejudicial, prejudiced, detrimentally, prejudgment, prejudices, injuriously, biased, discriminatory. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for prejudicial

Common synonyms for prejudicial include detrimental, damaging, injurious, harmful, deleterious, prejudged, disadvantageous, inimical — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does prejudicial come from?

The word prejudicial breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before, in front”); and -judic, from Latin iudico (“judge”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.