Synonyms for sulfur
ˈsʌl fərsul·fur

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sulfuradjective

   A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

   Synonyms:
   brimstone

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16verb

   an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

   Synonyms:
   due south, entropy, southward, sec, reciprocal ohm, south, second, siemens, atomic number 16, randomness, sulphur, mho

2. sulphur, sulfurverb

   treat with sulphur in order to preserve

   "These dried fruits are sulphured"

   Synonyms:
   sulphur

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1. List of paraphrases for "sulfur":

   sulphur, brimstone, sulphide, sulfide, sulphuric

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sulfur

   Synonyms:
   Sulphur

2. Sulfur

   Synonyms:
   Brimstone, flowers of sulfur, sulphur

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1. Esther Zulu:

   When sulfur comes out ... you vomit and you have diarrhea, we just want a big bus to go to the president.

2. National Intelligence James Clapper:

   [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

3. Kevin Killea:

   We were able to take the fragments from some of those mortar rounds and do a field test... on those fragments, and they showed the presence of HD, or what is known as sulfur mustard.

4. Eddie Gauci:

   We will see some floating storage of high sulfur or low sulfur for a period of time until the land-based infrastructure establishes some kind of equilibrium that's in tune with what grades of fuel are called for in particular locations.

5. Hunter Waite:

   This( molecular hydrogen) is just like the icing on the cake, now, you see the chemical energy source that microbes could use. The only thing we haven't seen is phosphorus and sulfur, and that's probably because they were in small enough quantities that we didn't see them. We have to go back and look and search for signs of life as well.