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acidic

/əˈsɪdɪk/
/əˈsɪdɪk/
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Something that's acidic has a sour or sharp taste. Lemonade, especially if it's light on the sugar, tastes very acidic.

Citrus fruits have a typically acidic flavor, and they qualify as acidic in the scientific definition of the word as well. In chemistry, something that's acidic has a low pH, as opposed to a base, which has a higher pH. Various kinds of acids and vinegar are also acidic. The word comes from acid, which originally meant "of the taste of vinegar," from the Latin word acidus, "sour or sharp."

Definitions of acidic
  1. adjective
    being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)
    synonyms:
    acid
    having the characteristics of an acid
    acid-forming
    yielding an acid in aqueous solution
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    antonyms:
    alkaline
    relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
    amphoteric
    having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either
    alcalescent, alkalescent
    tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
    basic
    of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
    base-forming
    yielding a base in aqueous solution
    saltlike
    resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal
  2. adjective
    being sour to the taste
    synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous
    sour
    having a sharp biting taste
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