Synonyms & related words for recidivate

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of recidivate — including relapse, regress, retrogress, backslide. 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 recidivate

Explore words related to recidivate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include recidivism, reoffending, recidivous, recidivistic, relapser, recidivist, backslider, offenders. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for recidivate

Common synonyms for recidivate include relapse, regress, retrogress, backslide — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does recidivate come from?

The word recidivate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); cidiv, from Latin cadere (“to fall”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make/do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.