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

1 sense of cresol

Sense 1
cresol, methyl phenol -- (any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant)
       => phenol -- (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)