What does hydrophilic mean?

hydrophilic means "having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water".

How many syllables are in hydrophilic?

hydrophilic has 4 syllables: hy-dro-phil-ic. The stress falls on "phil". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪdɹəˈfɪlɪk/.

What is the opposite of hydrophilic?

The recorded antonyms are hydrophobic.

Is hydrophilic a common word?

hydrophilic 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.

What rhymes with hydrophilic?

2 words rhyme with hydrophilic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Hydrophilic — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water
Antonymshydrophobic
Similardeliquescent
chemistry

Questions about hydrophilic

What does hydrophilic mean?: hydrophilic means "having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water".
How many syllables are in hydrophilic?: hydrophilic has 4 syllables: hy-dro-phil-ic. The stress falls on "phil". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪdɹəˈfɪlɪk/.
What is the opposite of hydrophilic?: The recorded antonyms are hydrophobic.

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