macromolecule

Other forms of macromolecule

plural

macromolecules·

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 macromolecule

What does macromolecule mean?

macromolecule means "any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals".

How many syllables are in macromolecule?

macromolecule has 6 syllables: ma-cro-mo-le-cu-le. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for macromolecule?

Close synonyms include supermolecule. 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 macromolecule a common word?

macromolecule 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.