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

1 sense of ethyl

Sense 1
ethyl, ethyl group, ethyl radical -- (the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom)
       => alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical -- (any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons)