Litter

/ˈlɪt.ɚ/

Synonyms for "litter" (231 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Noun(8 words)
beddingbedding materialbroodbroodsclutchclutteringcruftdead material
Adjective(1 words)
dead matter

Strong matches (69)

Adjective(1 words)
dead things

Related words (115)

Verb(1 words)
kindle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

20 entries
animal groupbearbirthconveyancedelivergive birthhavematerialoffspring grouporganic matterpolluterubbishscatterscrapstrawstrew

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

12 entries
calf litterdumpfruit littergarbage dumpingkitten litterleaf litterpalanquinpuppy litterscattering debrissedan chairtosswoody litter

Collocations

15 entries
cat litterleaf litterlitter boxlitter box traininglitter depthlitter problemlitter sizelittering finelittering offenselittering ratepalanquin bearerspublic litterroyal littersedan chairurban litter

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

106 translations across 29 languages.

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Belarusian

4 entries
  • по́дсціл noun (bedding for animals)
  • по́дсьціл noun (bedding for animals)
  • сме́цце noun (discarded items)
  • смяццё noun (discarded items)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • боклу́к noun (discarded items)
  • постеля noun (bedding for animals)

Catalan

3 entries
  • brossa noun (discarded items)
  • deixalles noun (discarded items)
  • escombraries noun (discarded items)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 垃圾 noun (discarded items)
  • 垫料 noun (bedding for animals)
  • 枯枝落叶层 noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)

Czech

1 entries
  • mrť noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afval noun (discarded items)
  • strooisel noun (bedding for animals)
  • vuil noun (discarded items)
  • vuilnis noun (discarded items)

Estonian

1 entries
  • varis noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • karike noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • kuivike noun (bedding for animals)
  • kuivike noun (material for litter tray)
  • roina noun (discarded items)

French

4 entries
  • détritus noun (discarded items)
  • litière noun (bedding for animals)
  • litière noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • litière noun (material for litter tray)

Galician

4 entries
  • batume noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • estrume noun (bedding for animals)
  • estrume noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • estrume noun (material for litter tray)

German

4 entries
  • Abfall noun (discarded items)
  • Abfälle noun (discarded items)
  • Bodenstreu noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • Einstreu noun (material for litter tray)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alom noun (bedding for animals)
  • alom noun (material for litter tray)
  • hulladék noun (discarded items)
  • szemét noun (discarded items)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • drasl noun (discarded items)
  • rusl noun (discarded items)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • moška noun (discarded items)
  • rikka noun (discarded items)
  • roska noun (discarded items)

Italian

4 entries
  • immondizia noun (discarded items)
  • lettiera noun (bedding for animals)
  • lettiera noun (material for litter tray)
  • rifiuti noun (discarded items)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ごみ noun (discarded items)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қоқыс noun (discarded items)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • pabiros noun (discarded items)
  • šiukšlės noun (discarded items)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • о́тпадок noun (discarded items)
  • ѓу́бре noun (discarded items)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചവറ് noun (discarded items)

Māori

1 entries
  • parahanga noun (discarded items)

Polish

4 entries
  • ściółka noun (bedding for animals)
  • ściółka noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • ściółka noun (material for litter tray)
  • śmieci noun (discarded items)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lixo noun (discarded items)

Russian

4 entries
  • му́сор noun (discarded items)
  • подсти́лка noun (bedding for animals)
  • подсти́лка noun (material for litter tray)
  • сор noun (discarded items)

Spanish

4 entries
  • basura noun (discarded items)
  • basuraleza noun (discarded items)
  • cama noun (bedding for animals)
  • colchón de hojas noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avfall noun (discarded items)
  • fjolårslöv noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • lövtäcke noun (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter)
  • skräp noun (discarded items)

Turkish

1 entries
  • altlık noun (bedding for animals)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пости́лка noun (bedding for animals)
  • підсти́лка noun (bedding for animals)
  • смі́ття noun (discarded items)
  • сміття́ noun (discarded items)

Welsh

3 entries
  • gwasarn noun (bedding for animals)
  • llaesod noun (bedding for animals)
  • llaesodr noun (bedding for animals)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

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These days you can't walk down the street without seeing people dropping litter.

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There is a law against dropping litter, but it's rarely enforced.

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The public is requested not to litter in these woods.

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Don't litter!

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