What does "corrosive" mean?

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

What is a synonym for "corrosive"?

Common synonyms include: ablative, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acid dissolution.

Pronounced //kəˈɹəʊsɪv//.

/kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) wordnet
3
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Adjective

1
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
"Care is no cure, but corrosive."
3
Destroying or undermining something gradually.

Adjective

1
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action wordnet
2
spitefully sarcastic wordnet

"The cheapest of nepenthes are often the most corrosive."

From Old French corrosif.