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Compound

🔄 Synonyms of "Compound"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
complexnoun	Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
intensifyverb	(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
cleftnoun	An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
incised	(biology) cut, particularly with a V shape
heightenverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
deepenverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
conjugatenoun	(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
pedate	(botany, of a leaf) Having deeply divided lobes.
dissected	(botany) Deeply divided; cut into many segments.
lobatenoun	Lobed.
trifoliatenoun	(chiefly botany) Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.
decompoundnoun	Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
binateverb	(botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
bipartite	Having two parts (two principal or main parts).
palmatenoun	(chiefly botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
parted	Separated; taken asunder.
lobed	Having lobes.
bilobed	Having two lobes.
pinnatisect	(botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib.
trilobed	Having three lobes
pinnate	(botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
bipinnate	(botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
bilobatenoun	(botany) Having two lobes
pinnatifid	(botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the midrib.
trifoliolatenoun	(botany) Having three leaflets, as some compound leaves do.

↔️ Antonyms of "Compound"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
simplenoun	Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
unsubdivided	Not subdivided

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Compound"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
colonialnoun	A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
decompoundnoun	A decomposite.
parted	Separated; taken asunder.
heightenverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
combinenoun	A combination.
intensifyverb	(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
incised	(biology) cut, particularly with a V shape
complexnoun	A network of interconnected systems.
cleftnoun	An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
deepenverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
bipartite	Having two parts (two principal or main parts).
conjugatenoun	(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
pedate	(botany, of a leaf) Having deeply divided lobes.
trilobated	Having three lobes
trilobed	Having three lobes
trilobate	Having three lobes.
chemical compoundnoun	(chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
bilobated	Having two lobes.
bilobed	Having two lobes.
bilobatenoun	(botany) A grain that has two lobes