hydrogen peroxide

1. 1.

   a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

   Synonymsperoxide

   Broaderoxidant

Questions about hydrogen peroxide

What does hydrogen peroxide mean?

hydrogen peroxide means "a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels".

What is another word for hydrogen peroxide?

Close synonyms include peroxide. 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 hydrogen peroxide a common word?

hydrogen peroxide 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.