Antonyms of adj acid-forming

1 sense of acid-forming

Sense 1
acid-forming -- (yielding an acid in aqueous solution)

INDIRECT (VIA amphoteric, acidic) -> alkaline, alkalic -- (relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone")
INDIRECT (VIA acidic, alkaline) -> amphoteric, amphiprotic -- (having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either)

Similarity of adj acid-forming

1 sense of acid-forming

Sense 1
acid-forming -- (yielding an acid in aqueous solution)
       => acidic (vs. alkaline) (vs. amphoteric) -- (being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7))

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