NEOPRENE Meaning of NEOPRENE in English [ 'ni:ə(ʊ)pri:n ]■ noun a synthetic polymer resembling rubber.Origin1930s: from neo- + prene (perh. from propyl + -ene ), on the pattern of words such as isoprene . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004