sulfonic acid

1. 1.

   an acid derived from sulphuric acid

   Synonymssulphonic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about sulfonic acid

What does sulfonic acid mean?

sulfonic acid means "an acid derived from sulphuric acid".

What is another word for sulfonic acid?

Close synonyms include sulphonic 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 sulfonic acid a common word?

sulfonic 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.