Thesaurus:carbohydrate

Thesaurus

carbohydrate

English

Noun

Sense: carbohydrate; sugar-like compound

Synonyms

• carb (informal)
• carbohydrate
• saccharide

Hyponyms

• monosaccharide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• decasaccharide
• disaccharide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• heptasaccharide
• hexasaccharide
• trisaccharide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tetrasaccharide
• octasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• nonasaccharide
• polysaccharide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pentasaccharide
•   —
• sugar
• starch
• cellulose
• fructose
• sucrose

Hypernyms

• organic compound    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chemical compound    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• food    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Category:Carbohydrates
• carb

Further reading

• “carbohydrate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.