nicotinic

N1I1C3O1T1I1N1I1C3

adjective

Of or pertaining to nicotine or its derivatives.

Similar
nicotinalnicotiniannicotinean
OriginEnglish nicotine ← French nicotine →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivenicotinic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryOf or pertaining to nicotine or its derivatives.

    Nicotine, a stimulant found in tobacco, long used by Native Americans, taught scientists about the existence of our own nicotinic receptors, which influence neuronal excitement.

    2019 May 14, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Can CBD Really Do All That?”, in The New York Times Magazine
  2. not comparablechemistryOf or pertaining to nicotinic acid, also called niacin.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
nicotinalnicotiniannicotinean
Also see
nicotinalnicotineannicotinian

Origin

  1. FrenchNicot
  2. Frenchnicotine
  3. Englishnicotine
  4. Englishnicotinic

From nicotine + -ic.

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Translations

Portuguese nicotínico
  • nicotínicoof or pertaining to nicotine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nicotinic

cliniccynicrabbinicmuscarinicactinicMinnickvitaminicmonoclinicbaroclinicsuccinicpolyclinichomoclinicaminolevulinicacetylneuraminicantihistaminicolefinicheteroclinictriclinicapurinicapyrimidinicparaffinicFinnicabietinicachromatinic
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Cite this entry
APA

nicotinic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nicotinic

MLA

“nicotinic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nicotinic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nicotinic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nicotinic.

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