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

4 senses of mace

Sense 1
Mace, Chemical Mace -- ((trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization)
       => chloroacetophenone, CN gas -- (a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer)

Sense 2
macebearer, mace, macer -- (an official who carries a mace of office)
       => official, functionary -- (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Sense 3
mace -- (spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed)
       => spice -- (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)

Sense 4
mace -- (a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority)
       => staff -- (a rod carried as a symbol)