anionic

Other forms of anionic

plural

anionics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anionic

What does anionic mean?

anionic means "a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anionic?

anionic has 4 syllables: a-ni-o-nic. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for anionic?

Close synonyms include anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent. 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.

What is the opposite of anionic?

The recorded antonyms are cationic.

Is anionic a common word?

anionic 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.