Acid

Noun

 * 1) A sour substance.
 * 2)  Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-
 * 3) Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
 * 4) Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
 * 5) Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid
 * 6)  lysergic acid diethylamide

Adjective

 * 1) Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
 * 2)  Sour-tempered.
 * 3) Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
 * 4)  Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Synonyms for Acid
acidic, sour, stinging, bitter, tart, pungent, sharp, acrid.

Antonyms for Acid
alkaline, base, bland, mild, smooth, sweet.

Derived terms

 * acid rain
 * acid test
 * acid-base equilibrium
 * acid-base indicator
 * acid-fast
 * acidhead
 * acid house
 * acidic
 * acidify


 * acidimeter
 * acidity
 * acid jazz
 * acidly
 * acidophile / acidophilic
 * acidosis
 * acidulate
 * acidulous


 * acetic acid
 * acetylsalicylic acid
 * acid of air
 * acid of amber
 * acid of ants
 * acid of apples
 * acid of lemon
 * acid of milk
 * acid of salt
 * acid of sugar
 * acrylic acid
 * adipic acid
 * alginic acid
 * alpha-hydroxy acid
 * amino acid
 * arachidic acid
 * arachidonic acid
 * arsenic acid
 * ascorbic acid
 * aspartic acid
 * benzoic acid
 * bile acid
 * boric acid
 * bromic acid
 * butyric acid
 * capric acid
 * caproic acid
 * caprylic acid
 * carbamic acid
 * carbolic acid, phenol
 * carbonic acid
 * carboxylic acid
 * cerotic acid
 * chloric acid
 * cholic acid


 * chromic acid
 * citric acid
 * conjugate acid
 * crotonic acid
 * cyanic acid
 * cyanuric acid
 * cyclamic acid
 * deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
 * erucic acid
 * ethanoic acid
 * fatty acid
 * folic acid
 * formic acid
 * fulminic acid
 * fumaric acid
 * gibberellic acid
 * gluconic acid
 * glutamic acid
 * glyceric acid
 * glycolic acid
 * humic acid
 * hydriodic acid
 * hydrobromic acid
 * hydrochloric acid
 * hydrocyanic acid
 * hydrofluoric acid
 * hydrosulphurous acid
 * hydroxy acid
 * hypobromous acid
 * hypochlorous acid
 * hypofluorous acid
 * hypohalous acid
 * hypoiodous acid
 * hypophosphorous acid
 * hyposulphurous acid
 * indoleacetic acid
 * isobutyric acid


 * lactic acid
 * lauric acid
 * Lewis acid
 * linoleic acid
 * linolenic acid
 * lysergic acid
 * maleic acid
 * malic acid
 * malonic acid
 * margaric acid
 * metaphosphoric acid
 * methacrylic acid
 * mucic acid
 * muriatic acid
 * myristic acid
 * nicotinic acid
 * nitric acid
 * nitrous acid
 * nucleic acid
 * oleic acid
 * omega-3 fatty acid
 * omega-6 fatty acid
 * osmic acid
 * oxaloacetic acid
 * oxalic acid
 * palmitic acid
 * pantothenic acid
 * pectic acid
 * pelargonic acid
 * perchloric acid
 * periodic acid
 * permanganic acid
 * petroselinic acid
 * phosphoric acid
 * phosphorous acid


 * phthalic acid
 * picric acid
 * propanoic acid
 * propionic acid
 * prussic acid
 * pyrogallic acid
 * pyrophosphoric acid
 * pyruvic acid
 * racemic acid
 * retinoic acid
 * ribonucleic acid, RNA
 * ricinoleic acid
 * salicylic acid
 * sebacic acid
 * selenic acid
 * silicic acid
 * stearic acid
 * suberic acid
 * succinic acid
 * sulphonic acid, sulfonic acid
 * sulphuric acid, sulfuric acid
 * sulphurous acid, sulfurous acid
 * tannic acid
 * tantalic acid
 * tartaric acid
 * telluric acid
 * thiocyanic acid
 * thiosulphuric acid, thiosulfuric acid
 * titanic acid
 * toluic acid
 * trans fatty acid
 * tungstic acid
 * undecilenic acid
 * uric acid
 * usnic acid
 * valeric acid
 * vanadic acid

Etymology
From acide:, from  acidus:, from aceo:.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: حامض
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кисел
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:, ; , ,
 * Italian:
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 * Korean:
 * Latin: acidus
 * Latvian: skābs, skāba
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malayalam: അമ്ലം,
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ; ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak: kyslý
 * Slovene:, kisla, kislo
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Welsh:, siarp


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: لاذع
 * Armenian: խայթող
 * Bulgarian: кисел
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hapendatud
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,


 * Icelandic:, ;
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: skābs, skāba
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: язвительный,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Armenian: թթվային
 * Bulgarian: киселинен
 * Catalan: ,
 * Croatian: kiselinski
 * Danish: -syre, syre-
 * Estonian: happeline
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 산성의
 * Norwegian: syre-
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: asidig

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 酸
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hape
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 산 (酸)
 * Latvian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene: kisla snov (sour substance)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: suryn


 * Arabic: حامض
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 酸, 酸性
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: hape
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: तेज़ाब, एसिड
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 산 (酸)
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Persian: اسيد
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: кислота
 * Urdu: تیزاب
 * Volapük: züd
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: hape
 * Finnish:
 * French:
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 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:
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Anagrams

 * cadi
 * caid

Etymology
From acide:, from  acidus:.

Adjective

 * 1) acid, acidic

Noun

 * 1) acid