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oxidizing agent

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a substance that oxidizes another substance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oxidant, oxidizer, oxidiser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical agent

Narrower terms: hydrogen peroxide, peroxide

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مؤكسد — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Armenian: օքսիդիչ (ōkʻsidičʻ) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Asturian: oxidante — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Belarusian: акісляльнік (akisljalʹnik) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Bengali: জারক (jarok) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Bulgarian: окислител (okislitel) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Catalan: agent rovellant — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Catalan: oxidant — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧化劑 /氧化剂 (yǎnghuàjì) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Chuvash: йӳҫеклетекен (jüś̬eklet̬ek̬en) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Czech: oxidační činidlo — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Danish: oxidationsmiddel — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Esperanto: oksidanto — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Estonian: oksüdeerija — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Finnish: hapetin — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Finnish: hapete — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • French: comburant — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • German: Oxidationsmittel — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Greek: οξειδωτικό μέσο (oxeidotikó méso) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Hebrew: חומר מחמצן — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Hindi: आक्सीकारक (āksīkārak) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Hungarian: oxidálószer — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Indonesian: oksidator — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Irish: oibreán ocsaídithe — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Italian: ossidante — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Japanese: 酸化剤 (sanka-zai) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Kazakh: тотықтырғыш (totyqtyrğyş) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Korean: 산화제 (sanhwaje) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Latvian: oksidētājs — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Lithuanian: oksidatorius — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Malay: agen pengoksidaan — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Malayalam: ഓക്സിഡൈസിംഗ് ഏജന്റ് (ōksiḍaisiṅg ējanṟŭ) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Mongolian: исэлдүүлэгч (iseldüülegč) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (isüldügülügči) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Norwegian: oksidasjonsmiddel — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Persian: عامل اکسنده — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Polish: utleniacz — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Portuguese: comburente — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Russian: окислитель (okislitelʹ) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Slovak: oxidačné činidlo — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Spanish: agente oxidante — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Spanish: comburente — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Tamil: ஆக்சிசனேற்றி (ākcicaṉēṟṟi) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Thai: ตัวออกซิไดซ์ — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Turkish: yükseltgen madde — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Ukrainian: окисник (okysnyk) — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Vietnamese: chất oxy hóa — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another
  • Welsh: ocsidydd — any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another