Synonyms for alchemy
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
Related words
- Word family
- alchemical alchemise alchemist alchemistic alchemistical
- Is a kind of
- protoscience pseudoscience
- Other spellings
- alchymy
Forms
- Plural
- alchemies → chemistries…
Example sentences
- chemistry In chemistry, "I" can mean both iodine and iodide.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alchemy | rising | |
| chemistry | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- chemistry3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chemistry3 = 3 syllables).