acidic

acid·ic

adj \ə-ˈsi-dik, a-\

Definition of ACIDIC

1

: acid-forming

2

: acid

Examples of ACIDIC

1. The soil in our garden is very acidic.
2. the acidic water of a polluted lake

First Known Use of ACIDIC

1880

Related to ACIDIC

Synonyms: acid, sour, acidulous, sourish, tart, tartish, vinegary

Related Words: dry, soured, unsweetened; pungent, sharp, tangy, zestful, zesty, zingy; astringent, puckery hyperacid

Near Antonyms: sweet; bland, smooth; flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, tasteless, zestless; dilute, thin, watery, weak

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Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

Rhymes with ACIDIC

bromidic, Davidic, druidic, fatidic, fluidic, Hasidic, iridic, lipidic, nuclidic