Word Type

Noun

The word "contamination" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

decontamination

Derived Terms

anticontamination biocontamination cross-contamination microcontamination noncontamination radiocontamination recontamination xenocontamination

Context

etymology linguistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change desterilization dirtying impureness impurification impurity material soiling soilure stuff

Type Of (IsA)

impurity soiling

Related Terms

contaminate contaminating decontaminate dirty foreign make make dirty unclean undesirable

Synonym Network

contaminant

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.