polyvalent

1. 1.

   containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen

   “a polyvalent vaccine”

   Antonymsmonovalent

   immunology

2. 2.

   having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher

   Synonymsmultivalent

   Antonymsmonovalent

   chemistry

Questions about polyvalent

What does polyvalent mean?

polyvalent means "containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polyvalent?

polyvalent has 4 syllables: po-ly-va-lent. The stress falls on "ly".

What is another word for polyvalent?

Close synonyms include multivalent. 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.

What is the opposite of polyvalent?

The recorded antonyms are monovalent, monovalent.

Is polyvalent a common word?

polyvalent 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.