Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "rot" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Alabama rot Armillaria root rot Barcoo rot Italian brain rot Java black rot Texas root rot URL rot bed rot bit rot bitter rot black rot brain rot brain-rot brain-rotting brainrot brown rot charcoal rot code rot cotton root rot crotch rot data rot disc rot disk rot dry rot dry-rot fin rot foot rot gambler's rot green rot gut rot heart rot heartrot hoofrot jungle rot knob rot laser rot linkrot liver rot mahogany rot mushroom root rot noble rot pelt rot pizzle rot potter's rot red rot ring rot root rot rot away rot gut rot in hell rot me rot off rot pocket rot through rot-13 rot-goose rot-proof rot-scape rot-steep rotgut rotproof rotsome rottable sap rot shoestring root rot soft rot software rot star rot tommy-rot violet root rot wet rot wet-rot white rot wood-rot woodrot

Etymologically Related To

rotten

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

decay decay degenerate deteriorate devolve drivel drop garbage

Type Of (IsA)

river

Related Terms

IOA IOP

Related Terms

breakdown deteriorate disease fiber fungus long maceration nonsense putrefaction putrid ret rotten time tissue

Synonym Network

bunk decompose decomposition putrefaction putrefy waste

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.