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

2 senses of glycol

Sense 1
ethylene glycol, glycol, ethanediol -- (a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent)
       => antifreeze -- (a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point)

Sense 2
diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol -- (any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule)
       => alcohol -- (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)