Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "dirt" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

clean

Typical Location

bed bottom of sea carpet cellar closet corner desk field finger fingernails floor forest fraternity house garden ground moon old carpet race track rug street subway suface of moon surface of earth tree

Capable Of

cake car cake on clothes cake on window sills cover coffin ring bathtub

Causes Desire

bathe clean clean clothes clean clothing get clean have bath take shower wash clothes

Derived Terms

bedirt common as dirt dig up dirt dirt bag dirt bed dirt bike dirt cake dirt cheap dirt chute dirt dauber dirt devil dirt farmer dirt farming dirt file dirt jumping dirt nap dirt pie dirt poor dirt road dirt sandwich dirt sticks dirt track dirt yard dirt-box dirt-cheap dirt-dauber dirt-poor dirtbag dirtball dirtbike dirtbird dirtboard dirtbrain dirten dirtfall dirtful dirthead dirthole dirtless dirtlike dirtman dirtproof dirtside dirtsome dirtwad dirty dish the dirt do someone dirt dog dirt dumb as dirt eat dirt fill dirt hit the dirt older than dirt pay dirt permanent dirt pound dirt snirt take a dirt nap throw dirt throw dirt on treat like dirt washdirt white dirt wood dirt

Distinct From

clean

Context

ireland mining us

Has Property

opaque

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

BM comment dejection dirtiness earth faecal matter faeces fecal matter feces gossip ground ordure scuttlebutt stool uncleanness

Type Of (IsA)

another word for soil dirtiness material soil word

Receives Action

washed off

Related Terms

befoul brown digging dirty dry dry mud dust earth filth filthy fingernails foul freckle garbage gossip grains ground ground material ground particles ground soil kompromat material messy mud nothing on ground particles placer planting sand small small grains soil soil particles spot stain unclean under under fingernails

Similar Terms

unimproved

Synonym Network

crap filth scandal soil ungraded

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