Synonyms for "adulteration" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(6 words)

debasementabasementcontaminationcorruptiondebauchmentdefedation

cuttingdeficiency

Strong matches (12)

Noun(5 words)

defilementdegradationdepravationdepravementimpurification

festeringfilthimmaturityimpairmentimpurityinaccuracyinadequacy

Related words (19)

incompletenessinfectionlacinglackmediocritymisusepoisonpoisoningprostitutionshortageshortcomingthinningunevennesswantwatering

Noun(4 words)

perversionpollutionprofanationsophistication

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

changeimpurenessimpurity

Antonyms

1 entries

purification

derived

2 entries

antiadulterationeconomically motivated adulteration

derived from

1 entries

adulterate

is a

2 entries

changeimpurity

related to

7 entries

adulterateextraneousillicitmaterialmixsubstancesubstitution

Translations

12 translations across 8 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

• 摻假 /掺假 noun (process of adulterating)
• 摻假 /掺假 noun (process of adulterating)
• 摻雜 /掺杂 noun (process of adulterating)
• 攙假 /搀假 noun (process of adulterating)

Hindi

1 entries

• मिलावट noun (process of adulterating)

Manx

1 entries

• droghvestey noun (process of adulterating)

Marathi

1 entries

• भेसळ noun (process of adulterating)

Portuguese

1 entries

• adulteração noun (process of adulterating)

Spanish

1 entries

• adulteración noun (process of adulterating)

Telugu

1 entries

• కల్తీ noun (process of adulterating)

Turkish

1 entries

• hile noun (process of adulterating)

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