alkyl group

Questions about alkyl group

What is another word for alkyl group?

It depends which alkyl group you mean. In the sense “any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons”, the synonyms are alkyl, alkyl radical. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of alkyl group?

WordNet records no antonym for alkyl group. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for alkyl group come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of alkyl group

• Full entry for alkyl groupAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for alkyl groupWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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