weed killer

1. 1.

   a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

   Synonymsherbicideweedkiller

   Broaderchemical

   NarrowerAgent Orangeatrazinelinuronparaquatsilvexsimazine

Questions about weed killer

What does weed killer mean?

weed killer means "a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth".

What is another word for weed killer?

Close synonyms include herbicide, weedkiller. 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 weed killer a common word?

weed killer 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.