Synonyms for contamination
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pollution — something which contaminates
pollution, contaminant, impurity, corruption, pollutant, abomination, adulterant, contaminator, perversion, sophisticant dated
2. Taint — the act or process of contaminating
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of contaminating.
- n. 2
Something which contaminates.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- change impurification
Forms
- Plural
- contaminations → pollutions, contaminants, impurities, corruptions…
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- pollution A new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.
- impurity Linguistic impurity is beautiful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contamination | steady | |
| corruption | rising | |
| pollution | falling | |
| impurity | falling | |
| contaminant | rising | |
| taint | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- taint1
- 8 letters
- impurity4
- 9 letters
- infection3, pollution3, pollutant3
- 10 letters
- corruption3, perversion3, defilement, adulterant
- 11 letters
- abomination5, contaminant4
- 12 letters
- contaminator, sophisticant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impurity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contamination
- Italiano
- contaminazione
- Deutsch
- Verseuchung