Bromide

Quick meaning: Bromide is a noun meaning (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

Meaning

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

More Meanings

1. (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
2. A dull person with conventional thoughts.
3. A platitude.
4. (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
5. (dated) A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

Example Sentences

My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.

No organicist metaphor, no irrelevant bromide that "we are all part of one another," must be permitted to obscure this basic fact.

Word Forms

• bromides

Synonyms for bromide

Depending on context, synonyms include platitude, byword, saying, adage, saw, proverb.

Antonyms for bromide

Common opposites include sulphite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include commonplace, platitude, banality, cliche, bromate, bromine.

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