electronegative

1. 1.

   having a negative charge

   “electrons are negative”

   Synonymsnegativenegatively charged

   Similarcharged

Questions about electronegative

What does electronegative mean?

electronegative means "having a negative charge".

How many syllables are in electronegative?

electronegative has 6 syllables: e-lec-tro-ne-ga-tive. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for electronegative?

Close synonyms include negative, negatively charged. 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 electronegative a common word?

electronegative 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.