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

1 sense of sodium hypochlorite

Sense 1
sodium hypochlorite -- (an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant)
       => hypochlorite -- (any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid)
       => bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener -- (an agent that makes things white or colorless)
       => disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial -- (an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease)