US /əˈsɪ.dɪk/
adj Freq #33374

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Containing acid, or having a pH lower than 7.

    Lemon juice is highly acidic.

  2. 2
    adj

    Having a sharp, sour taste.

    The wine had an unpleasantly acidic taste.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · containing acid, or having... acid
2 adj · having a sharp, sour taste. souracidulous
Word family
Derived forms acidicallyaminoacidicanacidicdiacidichyperacidichypoacidicmonoacidicnonacidicoveracidicperacidicpolyacidicsubacidic

Etymology

From acid + -ic. Doublet of acidy.

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