With regard to the presence of opium in ale, it appears to form a very deleterious adulterant;
Source: wiktionary
Adulterant
Synonyms for "adulterant" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- adultérant noun (that which adulterates)
German
1 entries- Alkoholpanscher noun (that which adulterates)
Polish
2 entries- fałszerski noun (that which adulterates)
- rozcieńczający noun (that which adulterates)
Portuguese
1 entries- adulterante noun (that which adulterates)
Spanish
1 entries- adulterante noun (that which adulterates)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Potato-flour is the waste of potato after the starch and alcohol have been extracted; it has no more food value than so much wood, and as its use as a food adulterant is a penal offence in Europe, thousands of tons of it are shipped to America every year.
Source: wiktionary
Once upon a time not so long ago, most of those chemical additives would have been deemed “adulterants” by the Food and Drug Administration. But after an all-out campaign of lobbying by the baking industry in the 1950s, the FDA liberalized its “standard of identity” for bread, permitting bakeries to add dozens of new additives to what had previously been a simple two- or three-ingredient food.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.