Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alkyl

1 sense of alkyl

Sense 1
alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical -- (any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons)
       => group, radical, chemical group -- ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)