methacrylic acid

1. 1.

   an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics

   Synonyms2-methylpropenoic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about methacrylic acid

What does methacrylic acid mean?

methacrylic acid means "an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics".

What is another word for methacrylic acid?

Close synonyms include 2-methylpropenoic acid. 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 methacrylic acid a common word?

methacrylic acid 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.