acidophilic

1. 1.

   especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

   Synonymsacidophilousaciduric

   Similaracid-loving

Questions about acidophilic

What does acidophilic mean?

acidophilic means "especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium".

How many syllables are in acidophilic?

acidophilic has 5 syllables: a-ci-do-phi-lic. The stress falls on "phi".

What is another word for acidophilic?

Close synonyms include acidophilous, aciduric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acidophilic a common word?

acidophilic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.