PROPELLENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propellent mean? 

• PROPELLENT (noun)
  The noun PROPELLENT has 1 sense:

1. any substance that propels

  Familiarity information: PROPELLENT used as a noun is very rare.

• PROPELLENT (adjective)
  The adjective PROPELLENT has 1 sense:

1. tending to or capable of propelling

  Familiarity information: PROPELLENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPELLENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that propels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

propellant; propellent

Hypernyms ("propellent" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "propellent"):

rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)

compressed gas (gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant)

Derivation:

propel (cause to move forward with force)

propellent (tending to or capable of propelling)

• PROPELLENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to or capable of propelling

Synonyms:

propellant; propellent; propelling; propulsive

Context example:

universities...the seats of propulsive thought

Similar:

dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)

Derivation:

propel (cause to move forward with force)

propellent (any substance that propels)