Synonyms & related words for psychiatry

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

Explore words related to psychiatry — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include psychopathology, orthopsychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychiatric, psychiatrists, psychopharmacology, psychopharmacologist, abulic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does psychiatry come from?

The word psychiatry breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: psych-, from Greek psychein (“to breathe, blow”); and -iatr, from Greek iatros (“healer, physician”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.