Synonyms & related words for suicide

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of suicide — including seppuku, uxoricide, homicide, suttee, matricide, sororicide. 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 suicide

Explore words related to suicide — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include suicidal, suicidally, filicide, murder, kamikaze, matricidal, death, deathful. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for suicide

Common synonyms for suicide include seppuku, uxoricide, homicide, suttee, matricide, sororicide, patricide, parricide — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does suicide come from?

The word suicide breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sui-, from Latin sui (“of oneself”); and -cid, from Latin caedo (“cut, kill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.