Synonyms & related words for toxic

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of toxic — including toxicant, poisonous, noxious, poison, venomous, harmful. 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 toxic

Explore words related to toxic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include autotoxin, toxically, zootoxin, venomousness, toxicity, toxins, toxicogenic, nontoxic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for toxic

Common synonyms for toxic include toxicant, poisonous, noxious, poison, venomous, harmful, corrosive, deleterious — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does toxic come from?

The word toxic breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root tox-, from Greek toxikon (“arrow poison”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.