Synonyms & related words for vicarious

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Words related to vicarious

Explore words related to vicarious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include vicariousness, vicariously, vicarial, voyeuristically, voyeuristic, experiential, expiatory, experientially. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for vicarious

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Where does vicarious come from?

The word vicarious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vic-, from Latin vicis (“change, turn, in place of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.