comburant

1. 1.

   supporting combustion

   Synonymscomburentcombustive

   Similarcombustible

Questions about comburant

What does comburant mean?

comburant means "supporting combustion".

How many syllables are in comburant?

comburant has 3 syllables: com-bu-rant. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for comburant?

Close synonyms include comburent, combustive. 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 comburant a common word?

comburant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.