gd

Other forms of gd

plural

gds·

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 gd

What does gd mean?

gd means "a nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gd?

gd has 1 syllable: gd.

What is another word for gd?

Close synonyms include soman, gadolinium, atomic number 64. 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 gd a common word?

gd 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.