Synonyms & related words for tragic

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of tragic — including sad, lamentable, unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous, fatal. 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 tragic

Explore words related to tragic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include tragical, tragedy, tragically, tragicomic, tragicomical, cothurnus, heartbreaking, tragicomically. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for tragic

Common synonyms for tragic include sad, lamentable, unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, catastrophic, horrific — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does tragic come from?

The word tragic breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root trag-, from Greek tragos (“goat”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.