acid: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with A · ends with D
Meaning of acid
adj
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
Example: acid fruits or liquors
- figuratively
Sour-tempered.
Example: His response was harsh and acid.
Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
Example: acid soils
Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
Listed forms: acider, acidest.
Source: Wiktionary — acid.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A sour substance.
- countable, uncountable
Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
- countable, uncountable
Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
- countable, uncountable
Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
Listed forms: acids.
Source: Wiktionary — acid.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for acid.
adjective
harsh or corrosive in tone
adjective
being sour to the taste
noun
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
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Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is acid in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of acid
A(1) + C(3) + I(1) + D(2) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of acid
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from acid
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in acid. Showing up to 24, longest first.