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Defenition of the word compound

    • Defenition of the word compound

      • An enclosure of residences and other buildings.
      • A word formed by combining other words.
      • A chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements chemically bonded together, with a fixed ratio determining the composition.
      • (zoology) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
      • (botany) especially of leaf shapes; composed of several similar parts or lobes
      • consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruid"
      • an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
      • a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
      • create by mixing or combining
      • calculate principal and interest
      • (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
      • put or add together; "combine resources"
      • combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
      • make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her", "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
      • make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
      • of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
      • composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
      • consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
      • put or add together
      • make more intense, stronger, or more marked
      • combine so as to form a whole; mix
      • composed of more than one part
      • composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
      • consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts

    Synonyms for the word compound

      • chemical compound
      • colonial
      • combine
      • deepen
      • heighten
      • intensify

    Similar words in the compound

      • abruptly-pinnate
      • bilobate
      • bilobated
      • bilobed
      • binate
      • bipartite
      • bipinnate
      • bipinnatifid
      • cleft
      • complex
      • conjugate
      • decompound
      • dissected
      • even-pinnate
      • imparipinnate
      • incised
      • lobate
      • lobed
      • odd-pinnate
      • palm-shaped
      • palmate
      • palmatifid
      • paripinnate
      • parted
      • pedate
      • pinnate
      • pinnated
      • pinnatifid
      • pinnatisect
      • quinquefoliate
      • rough
      • smooth
      • ternate
      • trifoliate
      • trifoliated
      • trifoliolate
      • trilobate
      • trilobated
      • trilobed
      • tripinnate
      • tripinnated
      • tripinnatifid

    Hyponyms for the word compound

      • acceptor
      • acid
      • adduct
      • alkali
      • allomorph
      • aluminate
      • ammine
      • amplify
      • anhydride
      • anionic compound
      • antiknock
      • arsenide
      • azide
      • base
      • benzofuran
      • benzoquinone
      • binary compound
      • bitter principle
      • buffer
      • calcium-cyanamide
      • carbon disulfide
      • carbonyl
      • carburet
      • caustic
      • cementite
      • chloride
      • chloropicrin
      • chromogen
      • cofactor
      • complex
      • coordination compound
      • corrosive
      • coumarone
      • cumarone
      • cyanamide
      • defoliant
      • depilatory
      • derivative
      • dimer
      • enamel
      • enantiomer
      • enantiomorph
      • enhance
      • exotherm
      • fan
      • fixer
      • fixing agent
      • flavone
      • formulation
      • goitrogen
      • heat up
      • heighten
      • heterocycle
      • heterocyclic
      • heterocyclic compound
      • heterodyne
      • hot up
      • hydrate
      • hydrated oxide
      • hydrogen cyanide
      • hydroxide
      • incense
      • incorporate
      • inorganic compound
      • integrate
      • iodocompound
      • iron carbide
      • isomer
      • manganese tetroxide
      • menthol
      • mix
      • monomer
      • nitrate
      • nitride
      • nitrochloroform
      • nitrogen mustard
      • organic compound
      • oxide
      • ozonide
      • polymer
      • pregnanediol
      • preparation
      • preservative
      • quinone
      • raise
      • recombine
      • repellant
      • repellent
      • salt
      • screw up
      • sharpen
      • silicide
      • siloxane
      • solvate
      • sternutator
      • sternutatory
      • stripper
      • sulfide
      • sulfurette
      • sulphide
      • sulphurette
      • synthesise
      • synthesize
      • synthetic
      • synthetic substance
      • taurine
      • telluride
      • tenderiser
      • tenderizer
      • tetrachloride
      • totalise
      • totalize
      • triazine
      • U308
      • vanillin
      • yellowcake

    Hypernyms for the word compound

      • account
      • add
      • amalgamate
      • assemble
      • calculate
      • chemical
      • chemical substance
      • commix
      • enclosure
      • increase
      • matter
      • mingle
      • mix
      • piece
      • put together
      • set up
      • substance
      • tack
      • tack together
      • unify
      • whole

    Antonyms for the word compound

      • simple
      • unsubdivided

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