alloy Synonyms & Antonyms

Alloy in a Sentence

gold without alloy

to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper

to alloy pleasure with misfortunes

an ethnic alloy of many peoples

iron alloys well

brass is an alloy, consisting of copper and zinc

Word Forms & Grammar

alloy

alloys

al·loyed

al·loy·ing

al·loys

alloyed

alloying

alloy (countable and uncountable, plural alloys)

alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)

Words That Rhyme With Alloy

Origin of Alloy

Origin 1: French aloi, from Old French alei, from aleir to combine, from Latin alligare to bind ally

Origin 2: Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.

Origin 3: Modification of Middle English alayen after Etymology 1, from Middle French allayer, vairant of allier, from Old French allier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).

First Known Use

1593

1625