| NOUN | substance | benzene, benzine, benzol | a colorless liquid hydrocarbon |
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| Sounds | behnziy'n; beh'nziyn | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds. | |
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| Synonyms | benzine, benzol | |
| Narrower | benzene formula, benzene ring, benzene nucleus, Kekule formula | A closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached |
| Broader | aromatic hydrocarbon | A hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds |
| Spanish | benceno, benzol | |
| Catalan | benzè, benzol | |
| Adjectives | benzenoid | similar to benzene in structure or linkage |
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