Synonyms of the word

polysaccharide

• n. (biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.

carbohydrate

• n. (organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal…
• n. (nutrition) a food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.

polyose

• n. (obsolete, organic chemistry) polysaccharide.

saccharide

• n. (biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula C_nH_2nO_n. Either the simple sugars…

sugar

• n. (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to…
• n. (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
• n. (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
• n. (countable) When used to sweeten a drink, an amount of this substance approximately equal to five grams…
• n. (countable) A term of endearment.
• n. (countable, slang) A kiss.
• n. (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.
• n. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
• n. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing…
• n. (US, slang) Heroin.
• v. (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
• v. (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
• v. (US, Canada, regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it…
• v. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
• v. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
• interj. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit!