Synonyms & related words for resorcinol

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

Explore words related to resorcinol — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hexylresorcinol, phenol, xylenol, aminophenol, pyrocatechol, creosol, catechol, phenic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does resorcinol come from?

The word resorcinol breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and French origin: re-, from Latin re (“intensive”); sorcin, from French orcanette (“orcin, a dye compound”); and -ol, from Latin oleum (“alcohol/phenol”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.