Synonyms for alloy
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Dash — to impair or debase by mixture
sophisticate, corrupt, bastardize UK US, bastardise UK, dash dated, adulterate formal dated, embase dated, abase dated, adulter dated rare
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To impair or debase by mixture.
to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
- n. 1
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
Related words
- Phrases
- shape memory alloy
- Is a kind of
- mixture
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Alloy may be either some admixture of baser with precious metal, as for giving hardness to coin or the like, or it may be a compound or mixture of two or more metals.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alloy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dash1
- 5 letters
- metal2, blend1, merge1, abase
- 6 letters
- season2, debase2, embase
- 7 letters
- mixture2, corrupt2, degrade2, amalgam3, adulter
- 8 letters
- coalesce3, alloyage
- 9 letters
- admixture
- 10 letters
- adulterate4, bastardize, bastardise
- 12 letters
- sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (metal2 = 2 syllables).