Synonyms for adulter
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Verb
1. Corrupt — to pollute something; to adulterate
corrupt, sophisticate, bastardize UK US, bastardise UK, adulterize, adulterise UK, alloy, dilute, dash dated, balderdash dated, adulterate formal dated, abase dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To pollute something; to adulterate.
Related words
- Word family
- adulterer
Forms
- Past participle
- adultered
e.g. adultered → corrupted, sophisticated, bastardized, adulterized…
Example sentences
- corrupt The corrupt government officials fled the country.
- debase You will debase yourself with such behavior.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adulter | steady | |
| corrupt | rising | |
| sophisticate | steady | |
| debase | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dash1
- 5 letters
- alloy2, abase
- 6 letters
- dilute2, debase2
- 7 letters
- corrupt2
- 10 letters
- balderdash3, adulterate4, bastardize, bastardise, adulterize, adulterise
- 12 letters
- sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alloy2 = 2 syllables).