Synonyms for mercury
ˈmɜr kyə rimer·cu·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

2. mercurynoun

   The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

   Synonyms:
   quicksilver, azoth, hydrargyrum

3. Mercurynoun

   The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by .

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, azoth, quicksilver

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80noun

   a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, hectogram, atomic number 80, quicksilver

2. Mercurynoun

   (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

3. Mercurynoun

   the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

4. mercurynoun

   temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

   "the mercury was falling rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   hydrargyrum, atomic number 80, quicksilver

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1. • Roman Deity
   • Roman Mythology
   • Inferior Planet
   • Temperature
   • Terrestrial Planet

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. azoth

   azoth is the name given to mercury by the ancient alchemists. they believed it was the essential agent of transformation in alchemy.

   Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 15, 2020  

2. thor's hammer

   mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   quicksilver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hermes, quicksilver, messenger

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "mercury":

   hg, mercure, mercury-containing

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercury

   Synonyms:
   Hydrargyrum, quicksilver

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1. Nicola Fox:

   We've been inside the orbit of Mercury and done amazing things, but until you go and touch the sun, you can't answer these questions, why has it taken us 60 years ? The materials didn't exist to allow us to do it. We had to make a heat shield, and we love it. Something that can withstand the extreme hot and cold temperature shifts of its 24 orbits is revolutionary.

2. David Blewett:

   MESSENGER has been a fantastic mission that has given humans our first global look at one of Earth's closest relatives, mercury turned out to be stranger than anyone would have guessed. It looks roughly like the moon, but MESSENGER has shown that Mercury is vastly different from the moon in just about every way.

3. David Blewett:

   I am very lucky to have been part of the MESSENGER science team since before the first Mercury flyby, i was among the first humans to see the stark beauty of what was once 'Mercury incognito.' I have been working with a super team of scientists and engineers, and made good friends. It will be sad when the radio tracking tells us that the spacecraft made its final orbit, knowing that a tiny new impact crater has appeared on the surface.

4. Johannes Benkhoff:

   We're really looking forward to seeing the first results from measurements taken so close to Mercury's surface, when I started working as project scientist on BepiColombo in January 2008, NASA's Messenger mission had its first flyby at Mercury. Now it's our turn. It's a fantastic feeling !

5. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.