acidity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=cid=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

acidity, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid.].

 The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acidity, n. (pl. -ies) an acid quality or state, esp. an excessively acid condition of the stomach.

THESAURUS

acidity

acerbity, acescency, acid, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, animosity, anion, antacid, asperity, astringency, atom, base, bile, biochemical, bite, bitingness, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, cation, causticity, causticness, chemical, chemical element, choler, chromoisomer, compound, copolymer, corrosiveness, cuttingness, dimer, dryness, edge, element, fierceness, gall, gnashing of teeth, greenness, grip, hard feelings, harshness, heartburning, heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, hyperacidity, incisiveness, inorganic chemical, ion, isomer, keenness, macromolecule, metamer, molecule, monomer, mordacity, mordancy, neutralizer, nonacid, organic chemical, oxyacid, piercingness, piquancy, poignancy, point, polymer, pseudoisomer, pungency, radical, rancor, rankling, reagent, rigor, roughness, severity, sharpness, slow burn, soreness, sour, sourishness, sourness, spleen, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, subacidity, sulfacid, tartishness, tartness, teeth, trenchancy, trimer, unripeness, unsweetness, vehemence, verjuice, vinegariness, vinegarishness, violence, virulence

ROGET THESAURUS

acidity

Sourness

N sourness, acid, acidity, low pH, acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation, vinegar, verjuice, crab, alum, acetic acid, lactic acid, sour, acid, acidulous, acidulated, tart, crabbed, acetous, acetose, acerb, acetic, sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent, subacid, styptic, hard, rough, sour as a lemon, (4) Odor.