Antonyms for sulfur
ˈsʌl fərsul·fur

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1. sulfuradjective

   A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

   Synonyms:
   brimstone

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1. sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16verb

   an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

   Synonyms:
   due south, entropy, southward, sec, reciprocal ohm, south, second, siemens, atomic number 16, randomness, sulphur, mho

2. sulphur, sulfurverb

   treat with sulphur in order to preserve

   "These dried fruits are sulphured"

   Synonyms:
   sulphur

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sulfur

   Synonyms:
   Sulphur

2. Sulfur

   Synonyms:
   Brimstone, flowers of sulfur, sulphur

How to use sulfur in a sentence?

1. Jeremiah Osuna:

   It sounded like if you were to put a bunch of rocks into a dryer and turn it on as high as you could, you could just smell sulfur and burning trees and underbrush and stuff.

2. Paul Adkins:

   There is simply not enough low-sulfur petcoke in the world today to support the global aluminum industry if China stops producing high-sulfur petcoke.

3. National Intelligence James Clapper:

   [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

4. Wendy Stovall:

   The people that are choosing to stay there are really putting themselves at risk from the sulfur dioxide, it's at lethal concentration.

5. Andy Lipow:

   The industry is concerned about these different types of very low-sulfur fuel oil concoctions, that when blended meet specifications, but when mixed together may all of a sudden be off specification.

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