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

4 senses of mercury

Sense 1
mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 -- (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Sense 2
Mercury -- ((Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes)
       INSTANCE OF=> Roman deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Sense 3
Mercury -- (the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrestrial planet -- (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
       INSTANCE OF=> inferior planet -- (any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit)

Sense 4
mercury -- (temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly")
       => temperature -- (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))