nitrospan

Questions about nitrospan

What is another word for nitrospan?

It depends which nitrospan you mean. In the sense “a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)”, the synonyms are nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrostat. Across all 2 senses there are 5 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 nitrospan?

WordNet records no antonym for nitrospan. 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.

Why are the synonyms for nitrospan split into groups?

Because nitrospan carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for nitrospan 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 nitrospan

• Full entry for nitrospanAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for nitrospanWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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