Antonyms of adj alcalescent

1 sense of alcalescent

Sense 1
alkalescent, alcalescent -- (tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline)

INDIRECT (VIA acidic, alkaline) -> amphoteric, amphiprotic -- (having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either)
INDIRECT (VIA alkaline, amphoteric) -> acidic -- (being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7))

Similarity of adj alcalescent

1 sense of alcalescent

Sense 1
alkalescent, alcalescent -- (tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline)
       => alkaline (vs. amphoteric) (vs. acidic), alkalic -- (relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone")