alcalescent

1. 1.

   tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline

   Synonymsalkalescent

   Similaralkaline

Questions about alcalescent

What does alcalescent mean?

alcalescent means "tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline".

How many syllables are in alcalescent?

alcalescent has 4 syllables: al-ca-le-scent. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for alcalescent?

Close synonyms include alkalescent. 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 alcalescent a common word?

alcalescent 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.