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. Stefanie Russell:

   Of course, mercury can cause disease, but people are exposed to small amounts of mercury all the time.

2. Nicola Fox:

   We've been inside the orbit of Mercury and done amazing things, but until you go and touch the sun, you can't answer these questions, why has it taken us 60 years ? The materials didn't exist to allow us to do it. We had to make a heat shield, and we love it. Something that can withstand the extreme hot and cold temperature shifts of its 24 orbits is revolutionary.

3. Robert Sarver:

   I am wholly shocked by some of the allegations purported by ESPN about me, personally, or about the Phoenix Suns and Mercury organizations. While I ca n’t begin to know how to respond to some of the vague suggestions made by mostly anonymous voices, I can certainly tell you that some of the claims I find completely repugnant to my nature and to the character of the Suns/Mercury workplace, and I can tell you they never, ever happened.

4. Chase LeBlanc:

   If you’re looking to get/stay ahead – return more value than you seek and you’ll rise faster than ol’ Mr. Mercury on a sizzling summer day.

5. Sean Solomon:

   Mercury's polar regions thus serve as a witness plate to the delivery to the inner solar system of water and organic compounds from the outer solar system — a process that, much earlier, may have led to prebiotic chemical synthesis and the origin of life on Earth.