nonexplosive

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   not explosive

   “nonexplosive gases”

   “a nonexplosive fuel”

   Antonymsexplosive

Questions about nonexplosive

What does nonexplosive mean?

nonexplosive means "not explosive".

How many syllables are in nonexplosive?

nonexplosive has 4 syllables and divides as no-nex-plo-sive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of nonexplosive?

The recorded antonyms are explosive.

Is nonexplosive a common word?

nonexplosive 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.