Word Type

Noun

The word "molecule" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

air anything atom hand hands mineral substance

Defined As

smallest form of element smallest unit of compound

Derived Terms

God molecule Rydberg molecule antimolecule astromolecule bimolecule biomolecule cell adhesion molecule cell-adhesion molecule fuel molecule giant molecule glycomolecule gram molecule immunomolecule metamolecule micromolecule molfile nanomolecule phytomolecule polycule polymolecule protomolecule pseudomolecule quasimolecule single-molecule magnet small molecule drug spirit molecule submolecule supermolecule supramolecule

Etymologically Related To

mole

Context

chemistry physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

building block composite particle material stuff unit

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

macromolecule monomer polymer

Type Of (IsA)

chemical object collection of atoms group of similar atoms poly atomic chemical object smallest amount of chemical unit

Made Of

atoms

Parts (Meronyms)

atom

Part Of

donkey

Related Terms

chemical compound molecular

Related Terms

amount atoms bond chemical compound element molecular particle properties retains smallest specific tiny together

Synonym Network

atom

Used For

build chamicals build mass combining atoms in regular pattern compounds containing atoms forming larger objects make model produce matter

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