Synonyms for mercury
ˈmɜr kyə rimer·cu·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

2. mercurynoun

   The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

   Synonyms:
   quicksilver, azoth, hydrargyrum

3. Mercurynoun

   The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by .

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80noun

   a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, hectogram, atomic number 80, quicksilver

2. Mercurynoun

   (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

3. Mercurynoun

   the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

4. mercurynoun

   temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

   "the mercury was falling rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

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1. • Roman Deity
   • Roman Mythology
   • Inferior Planet
   • Temperature
   • Terrestrial Planet

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. azoth

   azoth is the name given to mercury by the ancient alchemists. they believed it was the essential agent of transformation in alchemy.

   Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 15, 2020  

2. thor's hammer

   mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   quicksilver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hermes, quicksilver, messenger

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "mercury":

   hg, mercure, mercury-containing

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercury

   Synonyms:
   Hydrargyrum, quicksilver

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1. David Blewett:

   It appears that there is something in the rocks that can't stand up to the punishing environment on Mercury's surface and, as a result, is lost in a sublimationlike process.

2. Linda Carnes-McNaughton:

   Eventually the mercury kills you.

3. Li Hui:

   Prices to dispose of waste are insanely high. To dispose of 1 tonne of mercury-contaminated waste, the market charges 20,000 yuan ($3,152ot ), which of course will encourage people to dump it illegally.

4. Hannah Wirth:

   It scares me, the mercury and other chemicals in vaccines don't seem natural to put in the body.

5. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.