comburent

1. 1.

   supporting combustion

   Synonymscomburantcombustive

   Similarcombustible

Questions about comburent

What does comburent mean?

comburent means "supporting combustion".

How many syllables are in comburent?

comburent has 3 syllables: com-bu-rent. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for comburent?

Close synonyms include comburant, 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 comburent a common word?

comburent 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.