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

2 senses of cyanide

Sense 1
nitrile, nitril, cyanide -- (any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN)
       => organic compound -- (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Sense 2
cyanide -- (an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid)
       => salt -- (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))