Compound

//ˈkɒmpaʊnd//

Synonyms for "compound" (398 found)

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Strong matches (119)

Related words (199)

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Translations

235 translations across 54 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μίγμα adj (composed of elements)
  • μίγμα noun (anything made by combining several things)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُرَكَّب adj (composed of elements)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • злучэнне noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Bengali

1 entries
  • যুক্ত adj (composed of elements)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сло́жен adj (composed of elements)
  • съставен adj (composed of elements)
  • оградено мя́сто noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • съедине́ние noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Catalan

3 entries
  • compost adj (composed of elements)
  • compost noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • compost noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 混合物 adj (composed of elements)
  • 化合物 noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • 小區 /小区 noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)

Czech

4 entries
  • složený adj (composed of elements)
  • areál noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • komplex noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • sloučenina noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Dutch

4 entries
  • samengesteld adj (composed of elements)
  • complex noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • verbinding noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • verbinding noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kombinita adj (composed of elements)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kompleks noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kerrannainen adj (composed of elements)
  • yhdistetty adj (composed of elements)
  • yhdys adj (composed of elements)
  • laitos noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

French

4 entries
  • composé adj (composed of elements)
  • complexe noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • complexe noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • composé noun (anything made by combining several things)

Galician

1 entries
  • complexo noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნაერთი noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

German

4 entries
  • mehrschichtig adj (composed of elements)
  • mehrteilig adj (composed of elements)
  • zusammengesetzt adj (composed of elements)
  • zusammengestellt adj (composed of elements)

Greek

4 entries
  • συμμιγής adj (composed of elements)
  • σύνθετος adj (composed of elements)
  • ένωση noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • αμάλγαμα noun (anything made by combining several things)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תרכובת noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • שִׁלֵּב verb (to put together)

Hindi

4 entries
  • मिश्रण adj (composed of elements)
  • परिसर noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • परिसर noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • बाड़ा noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elegy noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • fogolytábor noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • keverék noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • vegyület noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • efnasamband noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • senyawa adj (composed of elements)
  • majemuk noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • senyawa noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • yhissetty adj (composed of elements)

Irish

4 entries
  • comh adj (composed of elements)
  • bábhún noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • bábhún noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • clós noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Italian

4 entries
  • composto adj (composed of elements)
  • costituito adj (composed of elements)
  • amalgama noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • campo di prigionìa noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 化合物 noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қосылыс noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Korean

1 entries
  • 화합물 noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • junginys noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Malay

1 entries
  • sebatian noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • സംയുക്തം noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • സംയുക്തം noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Manx

1 entries
  • covroojid noun (anything made by combining several things)

Māori

4 entries
  • pūhui adj (composed of elements)
  • iāri noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • pūhui noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • pūhui noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • sammensatt adj (composed of elements)
  • forbindelse noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • forbindelse noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • sambinding noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • مركب adj (composed of elements)
  • مركب noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Persian

4 entries
  • آمیخته adj (composed of elements)
  • مرکب adj (composed of elements)
  • همساخته adj (composed of elements)
  • آمیخته noun (anything made by combining several things)

Polish

1 entries
  • związek noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • composto adj (composed of elements)
  • cercado noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • complexo noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • complexo noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)

Romanian

1 entries
  • compus noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Russian

4 entries
  • сло́жный adj (composed of elements)
  • составно́й adj (composed of elements)
  • ко́мплекс noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • компа́унд noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • jongėnīs noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kompleks noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • logor noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)
  • spȏj noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • tabor noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zlúčenina noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Slovene

3 entries
  • sestavljen adj (composed of elements)
  • spojina noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • sestaviti verb (to put together)

Spanish

4 entries
  • compuesto adj (composed of elements)
  • complejo noun (group of buildings for the same purpose)
  • compuesto noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • compuesto noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Swedish

4 entries
  • sammansatt adj (composed of elements)
  • blandning noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • förening noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • gård noun (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • lambalan adj (composed of elements)
  • langkapin adj (composed of elements)
  • linambal adj (composed of elements)
  • balangkap noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Tamil

4 entries
  • கூட்டு adj (composed of elements)
  • கலவை noun (anything made by combining several things)
  • கலவை noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • இணங்கு verb (to come to terms of agreement)

Thai

1 entries
  • สารประกอบ noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འདྲེས་མ adj (composed of elements)

Turkish

2 entries
  • bileşim noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)
  • karışım noun (anything made by combining several things)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сполу́ка noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hợp chất noun (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.

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In German, compound words are written as one word!

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Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.

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The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.