Synonyms & related words for shingles

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of shingles — including zoster, herpes, varicella, hives, mumps, measles. 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 shingles

Explore words related to shingles — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include shingled, chickenpox, roofing, shingling, herpetic, varicelloid, roofs, pox. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for shingles

Common synonyms for shingles include zoster, herpes, varicella, hives, mumps, measles, neuralgia, rubeola — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does shingles come from?

The word shingles breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root shingle-, from Latin scindula (“roof tile, split wood”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.