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

1 sense of methylbenzene

Sense 1
toluene, methylbenzene -- (a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels)
       => alkylbenzene -- (organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring)
       => solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent -- (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution")