Synonyms & related words for recursion

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

Explore words related to recursion — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include recursive, recursively, iterator, iterate, iterative, iterable, iteratively, tuples. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does recursion come from?

The word recursion breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -curs, from Latin curro (“run”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.