propellent

1. 1.

   any substance that propels

   Synonymspropellant

   Broadersubstance

   Narrowerrocket fuelcompressed gas

1. 1.

   tending to or capable of propelling

   “propellant fuel for submarines”

   “the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency”

   “universities...the seats of propulsive thought”

   Synonymspropellantpropellingpropulsive

   Similardynamic

Other forms of propellent

plural

propellents·

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 propellent

What does propellent mean?

propellent means "any substance that propels". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in propellent?

propellent has 3 syllables: pro-pel-lent. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for propellent?

Close synonyms include propellant, propellant, propelling, propulsive. 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 propellent a common word?

propellent 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.