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Synonyms for ether

  • noun

Most common

ethyl ether diethyl ether ethoxyethane quintessence welkin

All synonyms

Noun

1. Diethyl ether — diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic

diethyl ether, ethyl ether, ethoxyethane

Other

air, quintessence, welkin

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.

Related words

Word family
ethereal etheric etherical etherise etherous etherealize ethereality etherealness
Phrases
diethyl ether ethyl ether petroleum ether ethyl vinyl ether methyl t-butyl ether methyl tert-butyl ether pentabromodiphenyl ether pyroacetic ether
Other spellings
aether

Forms

Plural
ethers → ethoxyethanes, airs, quintessences, welkins…

Example sentences

  • quintessence Unicorns use quintessence for magical purposes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
etherfalling
ethoxyethanesteady
quintessencesteady
welkinsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
air1
6 letters
welkin
12 letters
quintessence3, ethoxyethane

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quintessence3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
éther
Italiano
etere
Deutsch
Äther