Synonyms & related words for spiteful

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of spiteful — including despiteful, vindictive, cattish, hateful, revengeful, vengeful. 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 spiteful

Explore words related to spiteful — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include spitefulness, vindictively, revengefully, unkind, vengefully, vixenish, spitefully, vindictiveness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for spiteful

Common synonyms for spiteful include despiteful, vindictive, cattish, hateful, revengeful, vengeful, malicious, bitchy — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does spiteful come from?

The word spiteful breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root spit-, from Latin specio (“look, see”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.