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

1 sense of carbohydrate

Sense 1
carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)
       => macromolecule, supermolecule -- (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)