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, mercury, 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

Matched Categories

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. Linda Carnes-McNaughton:

   Eventually the mercury kills you.

2. Judge Thomas Ingram:

   Queen replaced Freddie Mercury, and your band is touring without you now.

3. Christopher Kraft:

   We had a total of 15 minutes of manned spaceflight experience, we hadnt flown Mercury in orbit yet, and heres a guy telling me were going to fly to the moon. ... Doing it was one thing, but doing it in this decade was to me too risky, frankly it scared the hell out of me.

4. 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.

5. Ashley Roman:

   We still recommend that women avoid the fish that are highest in mercury like catfish, shark, swordfish and giant mackerel, typically the larger fish that have longer lifespans and they tend to concentrate more mercury in their tissue.