Home › Words › C › canceratecanceratecancerate · verb — to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin cancerātus (“eaten by a cancer”).verbTo grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.canceration 84% match — The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. vs cancerate →cancerize 77% match — To make cancerous; to affect with cancer. vs cancerate →cancerization 72% match — transformation into a cancerous form vs cancerate →cancerously 70% match — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading. vs cancerate →cancerized 68% match — Modified by a cancer vs cancerate →carcinize 68% match — Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution. vs cancerate →cancered 67% match — Afflicted with cancer. vs cancerate →cancerlike 66% match — Resembling or characteristic of cancer. vs cancerate →