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

1 sense of lipid

Sense 1
lipid, lipide, lipoid -- (an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates))
       => macromolecule, supermolecule -- (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)