corrosive

1. 1.

   of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

   Synonymscausticerosivevitriolicmordant

   Similardestructive
2. 2.

   spitefully sarcastic

   “corrosive cristism”

   Similarsarcastic

1. 1.

   a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

   Broadercompound

Other forms of corrosive

plural

corrosives·

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 corrosive

What does corrosive mean?

corrosive means "of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in corrosive?

corrosive has 3 syllables: cor-ro-sive. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /kɚˈoʊsɪv/.

What is another word for corrosive?

Close synonyms include caustic, erosive, vitriolic, mordant. 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 corrosive a common word?

corrosive 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.