Synonyms & related words for spiny

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of spiny — including prickly, thorny, spinous, barbed, spiky, acanthoid. 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 spiny

Explore words related to spiny — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include barbellate, bristly, setaceous, burred, spiniferous, setose, burry, spines. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for spiny

Common synonyms for spiny include prickly, thorny, spinous, barbed, spiky, acanthoid, acanthous, hispid — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does spiny come from?

The word spiny breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Old English origin: spin, from Latin spina (“thorn, spine”); and -y, from Old English -ig (“characterized by, full of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.