What does aqueous mean?

aqueous means "similar to or containing or dissolved in water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aqueous?

aqueous has 3 syllables: aq-ue-ous. The stress falls on "aq". In IPA it is /ˈeɪkwiəs/.

What is another word for aqueous?

Close synonyms include sedimentary. 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 aqueous?

The recorded antonyms are igneous.

Is aqueous a common word?

aqueous 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.

aqueous — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
similar to or containing or dissolved in water
“aqueous solutions”
2.
produced by the action of water
Synonymssedimentary
Antonymsigneous
geology

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What does aqueous mean?: aqueous means "similar to or containing or dissolved in water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in aqueous?: aqueous has 3 syllables: aq-ue-ous. The stress falls on "aq". In IPA it is /ˈeɪkwiəs/.
What is another word for aqueous?

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