Meanings
adjectiveanabolic (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to anabolism.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
Similar
constructive-metabolicenergy-storing
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀνα-“up”
- Englishanabolic
From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anabòlic
- anabòlicrelating to anabolism
Chinese Mandarin 合成代谢的, 同化作用的
- 合成代谢的 (héchéng dàixiè de)relating to anabolism
- 同化作用的 (tónghuà zuòyòng de)relating to anabolism
Czech anabolický, anabolikum
- anabolickýrelating to anabolism
- anabolikumanabolic steroid
Finnish anabolinen, anaboli
- anabolinenrelating to anabolism
- anabolianabolic steroid
French anabolique
- anaboliquerelating to anabolism
German anabol, anabolisch
- anabolrelating to anabolism
- anabolischrelating to anabolism
- Anabolikumanabolic steroid
Greek αναβολικός
- αναβολικός (anavolikós)relating to anabolism
Irish anabalach
- anabalachrelating to anabolism
Italian anabolico
- anabolicorelating to anabolism
Māori whakapeto pūngao
- whakapeto pūngaorelating to anabolism
Polish anaboliczny, anabolik
- anabolicznyrelating to anabolism
- anabolikanabolic steroid
Portuguese anabólico, anabólico
- anabólicorelating to anabolism
- anabólicoanabolic steroid
- anabolizanteanabolic steroid
- esteroideanabolic steroid
Russian анаболи́ческий, анабо́лик
- анаболи́ческий (anabolíčeskij)relating to anabolism
- анабо́лик (anabólik)anabolic steroid
Spanish anabólico, anabolizante
- anabólicorelating to anabolism
- anabolizanterelating to anabolism
- anabolizanteanabolic steroid
- anabólicoanabolic steroid
Swedish anabol, anabol
- anabolrelating to anabolism
- anabolanabolic steroid
- anabolaanabolic steroid
Welsh anabolig
- anaboligrelating to anabolism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anabolic
hydraulicsymbolicalcoholicmetabolichyperbolicparabolicsystoliccolicdiastolicfroliccatabolicbucolicemboliccarbolicshambolicaeraulicairdraulicasystolicMongolicrollick
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
anabolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabolic
MLA
“anabolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabolic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anabolic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabolic.
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