herbicide

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UK/ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd/US/ˈ(h)ɝbɪsaɪd/

noun

A substance used to kill plants.

Similar
phytocideweedkillerweed killer
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Meanings

nounherbicide (countable and uncountable, plural herbicides)

plural herbicides

  1. countableuncountableA substance used to kill plants.

    Synonyms: phytocide

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA substance used to kill plants.

Similar
phytocide

More synonyms by meaning

nouna chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

Similar
weedkillerweed killer
Broader
chemicalchemical substance
Also see
phytocideweedkiller

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From herb + -icide.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans onkruiddoder
  • onkruiddodersubstance used to kill plants
Catalan herbicida
  • herbicidasubstance used to kill plants
Chinese Mandarin 除草劑 /除草剂
  • 除草劑 /除草剂 (chúcǎojì)substance used to kill plants
Czech herbicid
  • herbicidsubstance used to kill plants
Dutch herbicide, onkruidverdelger
  • herbicidesubstance used to kill plants
  • onkruidverdelgersubstance used to kill plants
Esperanto herbicido
  • herbicidosubstance used to kill plants
Finnish kasvimyrkky
  • kasvimyrkkysubstance used to kill plants
French herbicide
  • herbicidesubstance used to kill plants
German Herbizid, chemisches Wildkrautbekämpfungsmittel
  • Herbizidsubstance used to kill plants
  • chemisches Wildkrautbekämpfungsmittelsubstance used to kill plants
  • chemisches Unkrautvernichtungsmittelsubstance used to kill plants
  • chemischer Unkrautvernichtersubstance used to kill plants
  • chemische Keulesubstance used to kill plants
Greek ζιζανιοκτόνο
  • ζιζανιοκτόνο (zizanioktóno)substance used to kill plants
Indonesian herbisida
  • herbisidasubstance used to kill plants
Italian diserbante, erbicida
  • diserbantesubstance used to kill plants
  • erbicidasubstance used to kill plants
Japanese 除草剤
  • 除草剤 (josōzai)substance used to kill plants
Korean 제초제
  • 제초제 (jechoje)substance used to kill plants
Malay herbisid, racun herba
  • herbisidsubstance used to kill plants
  • racun herbasubstance used to kill plants
Polish herbicyd
  • herbicydsubstance used to kill plants
Portuguese herbicida
  • herbicidasubstance used to kill plants
Romanian erbicid
  • erbicidsubstance used to kill plants
Russian гербици́д
  • гербици́д (gerbicíd)substance used to kill plants
Spanish herbicida
  • herbicidasubstance used to kill plants
Swahili kiuagugu
  • kiuagugusubstance used to kill plants
Swedish herbicid, ogräsmedel
  • herbicidsubstance used to kill plants
  • ogräsmedelsubstance used to kill plants
Tagalog lasonlamon
  • lasonlamonsubstance used to kill plants
Thai ยาฆ่าหญ้า
  • ยาฆ่าหญ้า (yaa-kâa-yâa)substance used to kill plants

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

urbicide (for pronunciations without /h/)
Cite this entry
APA

herbicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbicide

MLA

“herbicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbicide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “herbicide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbicide.

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