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

1 sense of methyl group

Sense 1
methyl, methyl group, methyl radical -- (the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane)
       => alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical -- (any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons)