chemistry

Other forms of chemistry

plural

chemistries·

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 chemistry

What does chemistry mean?

chemistry means "the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chemistry?

chemistry has 3 syllables: chem-i-stry. The stress falls on "chem". In IPA it is /ˈkɛməstɹi/.

What is another word for chemistry?

Close synonyms include chemical science, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy. 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 chemistry a common word?

chemistry is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chemistry?

2 words rhyme with chemistry. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.