Meanings
comparative more reticulate · superlative most reticulate
- Network-like in form or appearance.
The fingers have a pseudosclerodermatous appearance with scleroatrophy, often with contractures and sometimes with reticulate erythema on the dorsal surface.
2015, Amy S. Paller, Anthony J. Mancini, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, page 116Synonyms: reticular
present singular third person reticulates · participle present reticulating · participle past reticulated · past reticulated
- transitiveTo distribute or move via a network.
- transitiveTo divide into or form a network.
- intransitiveTo create a network.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNetwork-like in form or appearance.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveresembling or forming a network
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrēticulātus“reticulated, net-like”
- Englishreticulate
Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мрежест
- мрежест (mrežest)network-like
Czech síťkovaný
- síťkovanýnetwork-like
Finnish verkkomainen
- verkkomainennetwork-like
German netzartig, netzförmig
- netzartignetwork-like
- netzförmignetwork-like
- netzähnlichnetwork-like
- retikulärnetwork-like
- vernetzento divide into, form or create a network
- netzförmig anlegento divide into, form or create a network
- retikulierento divide into, form or create a network
Polish siatkowaty, siatkować
- siatkowatynetwork-like
- siatkowaćto divide into, form or create a network
- posiatkowaćto divide into, form or create a network
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reticulate
Cite this entry
reticulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticulate
“reticulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reticulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticulate.
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