Synonyms for soil
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Stain — to make dirty
stain, spot, smear, foul, defile, tarnish, blot, besmirch, sully, smut, grime, slur, smudge, taint, daub, befoul, blacken, darken, deface, smooch, smouch US, elt UK, colly
2. Contaminate — to make invalid, to ruin
contaminate, pollute, spoil, ruin, corrupt, vitiate, invalidate
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To make dirty.
- v. 2
To become dirty or soiled.
Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
- n. 1
A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
We bought a bag of soil for the houseplants.
- n. 2
The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
Related words
Example sentences
- grime Sweep regularly to prevent dirt and grime from accumulating.
- contaminate Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| soil | falling | |
| grime | rising | |
| colly | falling | |
| befoul | steady | |
| contaminate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- elt
- 4 letters
- land1, spot1, ruin2, clay1, dirt1, foul1, mold1, slur1, blot1, smut1, loam1, daub1
- 5 letters
- earth1, dirty2, spoil1, stain1, muddy2, smear1, mould1, filth1, sully2, grime1, taint1, glebe, humus2, colly2
- 6 letters
- ground1, grease1, sewage2, grunge1, darken2, smudge1, defile, smooch1, deface2, befoul, smouch
- 7 letters
- country2, farming2, corrupt2, nursery3, tarnish2, pollute2, blacken2, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- besmirch
- 9 letters
- territory4, excrement3, dirtiness
- 10 letters
- invalidate4
- 11 letters
- contaminate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- souiller
- Italiano
- lordare
- Deutsch
- verunreinigen