Antonyms for acidic
əˈsɪd ɪkacidic

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1. acidicadjective

   Antonyms:
   basic

   Synonyms:
   acidAdjective

2. acidicadjective

   Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.

   Antonyms:
   basic

   Synonyms:
   acidAdjective

3. acidicadjective

   Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.

   Antonyms:
   basic

   Synonyms:
   acidAdjective

4. acidicadjective

   Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

   an acidic solution

   Synonyms:
   acidAdjective

   Antonyms:
   basic

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1. • Chemistry

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1. acidicadjective

   being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

   Antonyms:
   alkalic, base-forming, alkaline, amphiprotic, saltlike, alcalescent, alkalescent, sweet, amphoteric, basic

   Synonyms:
   acidulent, acid, acidulous

2. acidic, acid, acidulent, acidulousadjective

   being sour to the taste

   Antonyms:
   saltlike, basic, alkaline, alkalescent, amphiprotic, amphoteric, alkalic, sweet, alcalescent, base-forming

   Synonyms:
   acrid, acidulent, acid, sulphurous, caustic, bitter, virulent, acidulous, blistering, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurous

How to use acidic in a sentence?

1. Eivind Ness-Jensen:

   So, avoid weight gain when quitting smoking, obesity, especially abdominal obesity, increases the pressure on the diaphragm and the muscles separating the esophagus from the stomach, pushing acidic stomach content into the esophagus. Tobacco smoking relaxes the muscles, facilitating reflux, and reduces the production of saliva, which helps clean the esophagus.

2. Rhonda Kalasho:

   The reason why cavities develop on teeth is simply because the acidic environment created by the bacteria in the mouth breaks down carbohydrates and sugars.

3. Gordon Noble:

   We are digging in what is essentially the area that the Picts threw their rubbish but this collection of the waste products of their day-to-day lives is a treasure trove to archaeologists, what’s exciting is the level of preservation here. We’ve found animal bone which rarely survives in mainland Scotland because of the acidic soil. We are already getting really nice information about what people ate within the fort and we hope to extract a level of information we’ve not had for Pictish sites before.

4. Justin Wang:

   It's hard to imagine something more hostile to life than an ultra-acidic volcanic lake with frequent eruptions, the low biodiversity coupled with numerous adaptations and metabolisms in our sample suggests the lake hosts highly specialized microbes for this kind of environment.

5. Martin Terman:

   In the Norse mythology Loki originally was on the side of the rest of the gods, helping them once or twice using a particularly nast forms of trickery. He was a cunning negotiator with a talent for technicalities. He was sort of the Norse equivalent of a lawyer, no doubt the reason they tied him down in a pit dripping acidic venom on him.

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