Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun as
2 senses of as
Sense 1
arsenic, As, atomic number 33 -- (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
=> chemical element, element -- (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Sense 2
American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS -- (a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa)
INSTANCE OF=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion -- (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Synonyms of adv as
1 sense of as
Sense 1
equally, as, every bit -- (to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is")