Antonyms for Mercury
ˈmɜr kyə rimer·cu·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

2. mercurynoun

   The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

   Synonyms:
   quicksilver, azoth, hydrargyrum

3. Mercurynoun

   The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by .

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Deity
   • Roman Mythology
   • Inferior Planet
   • Temperature
   • Terrestrial Planet

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80noun

   a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, mercury, hectogram, atomic number 80, quicksilver

2. Mercurynoun

   (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

3. Mercurynoun

   the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

4. mercurynoun

   temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

   "the mercury was falling rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hermes, quicksilver, messenger

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercury

   Synonyms:
   Hydrargyrum, quicksilver

How to use Mercury in a sentence?

1. Elena Lymberidi:

   Many countries around the world, including in the EU, have regulation in place for mercury in skin creams but the creams are just penetrating the market.

2. Robert Sarver:

   I am wholly shocked by some of the allegations purported by ESPN about me, personally, or about the Phoenix Suns and Mercury organizations. While I ca n’t begin to know how to respond to some of the vague suggestions made by mostly anonymous voices, I can certainly tell you that some of the claims I find completely repugnant to my nature and to the character of the Suns/Mercury workplace, and I can tell you they never, ever happened.

3. Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal:

   Forty-one percent of the population of Madre de Dios is exposed to mercury pollution.

4. Nana Boateng:

   It got to a point where people were dying who weren't even mining, they were just traders working around the area where the mercury is dumped.

5. David Blewett:

   MESSENGER has been a fantastic mission that has given humans our first global look at one of Earth's closest relatives, mercury turned out to be stranger than anyone would have guessed. It looks roughly like the moon, but MESSENGER has shown that Mercury is vastly different from the moon in just about every way.

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