Herbicide

//ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd//

Synonyms for "herbicide" (54 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

aborticide acaricide anthelmintic antibiotic antiseptic bug bomb carbamate insecticide chemosterilant chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide contact poison defoliant

Strong matches (16)

disinfectant eradicant fratricide fumigant fungicide genocide germicide homicide infanticide insect powder insecticide matricide microbicide miticide organic chlorine organic phosphate insecticide

Related words (27)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

chemical chemical substance

More specific

1 entries

weedkiller

Related terms

2 entries

herb herbicidal

derived

6 entries

antiherbicide bioherbicide mycoherbicide nonherbicide proherbicide rainbow herbicide

derived from

1 entries

herb

is a

2 entries

chemical pesticide

related to

4 entries

herb herbicidal plant substance

Translations

35 translations across 27 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

onkruiddoder noun (substance used to kill plants)

Belarusian

1 entries

гербіцыд noun (substance used to kill plants)

Catalan

1 entries

herbicida noun (substance used to kill plants)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

除草劑 /除草剂 noun (substance used to kill plants)

Czech

1 entries

herbicid noun (substance used to kill plants)

Dutch

2 entries

herbicide noun (substance used to kill plants)
onkruidverdelger noun (substance used to kill plants)

Esperanto

1 entries

herbicido noun (substance used to kill plants)

Faroese

1 entries

ókrútstýnari noun (substance used to kill plants)

Finnish

1 entries

kasvimyrkky noun (substance used to kill plants)

French

1 entries

herbicide noun (substance used to kill plants)

German

4 entries

Herbizid noun (substance used to kill plants)
chemische Keule noun (substance used to kill plants)
chemischer Unkrautvernichter noun (substance used to kill plants)
chemisches Unkrautvernichtungsmittel noun (substance used to kill plants)

Greek

1 entries

ζιζανιοκτόνο noun (substance used to kill plants)

Indonesian

1 entries

herbisida noun (substance used to kill plants)

Italian

2 entries

diserbante noun (substance used to kill plants)
erbicida noun (substance used to kill plants)

Japanese

1 entries

除草剤 noun (substance used to kill plants)

Korean

1 entries

제초제 noun (substance used to kill plants)

Malay

2 entries

herbisid noun (substance used to kill plants)
racun herba noun (substance used to kill plants)

Polish

1 entries

herbicyd noun (substance used to kill plants)

Portuguese

1 entries

herbicida noun (substance used to kill plants)

Romanian

1 entries

erbicid noun (substance used to kill plants)

Russian

1 entries

гербици́д noun (substance used to kill plants)

Scots

1 entries

yerbicide noun (substance used to kill plants)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

herbìcīd noun (substance used to kill plants)

Spanish

1 entries

herbicida noun (substance used to kill plants)

Swedish

2 entries

herbicid noun (substance used to kill plants)
ogräsmedel noun (substance used to kill plants)

Tagalog

1 entries

lasonlamon noun (substance used to kill plants)

Thai

1 entries

ยาฆ่าหญ้า noun (substance used to kill plants)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ziri bought herbicide to get rid of the ivy.

Source: tatoeba (10859407)

Ziri sprayed the ivy with some herbicide.

Source: tatoeba (10859446)

Ziri sprayed a large patch of ivy with herbicide.

Source: tatoeba (10859447)

Ziri accidentally sprayed some herbicide onto the trees and damaged them.

Source: tatoeba (10859450)

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