Alkaline Synonyms and Antonyms

ălkə-lĭn, -līn
Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. alkali
  2. antacid
  3. salty
  4. neutralizing
  5. alkalescent
  6. basic
  7. caustic
  8. bitter
  9. acrid
  10. alkalic
  11. soluble
  12. chemical
  13. borax
Antonyms:
  1. amphoteric
  2. acidic

Words Related to Alkaline

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Alkaline Sentence Examples

  • Soaps give an alkaline reaction and have a decided acrid taste; in a pure condition - a state never reached in practice - they have neither smell nor colour.

  • It forms double chlorides with the alkaline chlorides.

  • The oxides of type RO are soluble in water, the solution possessing a strongly alkaline reaction and rapidly absorbing carbon dioxide on exposure; they are basic in character and dissolve readily in acids with the formation of the corresponding salts.

  • Acids have practically no action on the metal, but it is soluble in solutions of the alkaline hypochlorites.

  • Germanium compounds on fusion with alkaline carbonates and sulphur form salts known as thiogermanates.

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