Definition for Contamination:

• 1. Pollution, soiling with infectious matter. 2. The Freudian term for a fusion and condensation of words.

Synonyms for Contamination:

• n.

  •
  • carbon.
  •
  • aggravation,
  • clean.
  •
  • impurity,
  • the carbon cycle,
  • carbon trading,
  • biological control,
  • biohazard,
  • clean up,
  • catalytic converter,
  • biodegradable,
  • carbon-neutral,
  • carbon sink.
  •act (noun)
  • contamination.
  •adulteration (noun)
  • dirtying,
  • foulness,
  • taint,
  • infection,
  • pestilence,
  • rottenness,
  • corruption,
  • plague,
  • radioactivation,
  • spoliation,
  • poisoning,
  • epidemic,
  • Debauchment.
  •blight (noun)
  • de cays,
  • de-cays,
  • de cay,
  • blot landscape,
  • blot the landscape,
  • de-cay.
  •contagion (noun)
  • trans-mission,
  • trans-missions,
  • trans missions,
  • trans mission.
  •damage (noun)
  • cave in,
  • cave-in,
  • mutilations,
  • cave-ins,
  • mutilation.
  •defilement (noun)
  • befoulment.
  •depravity (noun)
  • de-gradations,
  • vitiations,
  • de-gradation,
  • de gradation,
  • de gradations,
  • sinfulnesses.
  •dirtiness (noun)
  • un-cleanlinesses,
  • un cleanliness,
  • un-cleanliness,
  • impurenesses,
  • un cleanlinesses,
  • uncleanlinesses.
  •disease (noun)
  • inflammation,
  • up set,
  • pathosis,
  • visitation,
  • unhealthiness,
  • infirmity,
  • ill health,
  • flu,
  • Sickliness,
  • endemics.
  •filth (noun)
  • sleaze,
  • sleazes,
  • smut,
  • foul matter,
  • Feculence,
  • putridities,
  • ordure,
  • putridity.
  •poison (noun)
  • Toxoids,
  • toxicants,
  • Venin,
  • toxoid.
  •toxin (noun)
  • poisonous substances.
  •unhealthiness (noun)
  • noxiousness,
  • poisonousness,
  • Contagiousness,
  • sickness,
  • pathology,
  • malignancy,
  • insalubrity,
  • deadliness,
  • toxicity,
  • unwholesomeness.
  •unwholesomeness (noun)
  • un-wholesomenesses,
  • un wholesomeness,
  • un-wholesomeness,
  • un wholesomenesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • degradation,
  • greenhouse gas,
  • chlorofluorocarbon,
  • sulfur dioxide,
  • runoff,
  • oil slick,
  • lapse,
  • acid rain,
  • fluorocarbon,
  • smokestack industry,
  • emission,
  • descent,
  • pollutant,
  • adulterator,
  • toxic waste,
  • contaminator,
  • decay,
  • cfc,
  • effluent,
  • rot,
  • adulterant,
  • carbon emissions,
  • regression,
  • perversion,
  • PARTICULATES,
  • carbon dioxide,
  • Hazardous Waste.
  •
  • sophistication,
  • exhaust,
  • wreckage.

Paraphrases for Contamination:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    pollution.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pollution.
  • Verb, past tense
    pollution.
  • Verb, past participle
    contaminated.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    soiling.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cross-contamination, decontamination.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    transmission, dirt, infestation, degradation, grime, Fouling, polluter, emission, exposure, impurity.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    contaminant, contaminants, contaminated.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contagion, contaminating, poisoning, contaminant, contaminated, radiation, remediation.

Antonyms for Contamination:

• n.

  • act
    decontamination.
  • adulteration
    cure, sterility, cleanliness, sterilization, cleaning, healing, purification.
  • Other antonyms:
    purity, Clarifier, purifier, filter, immaculateness, refiner.

Contamination Sentence Examples:

• It is not to do good unto others, but to escape contamination from others which is the concern of the Hindu devotee.

• Just imagine what human blood will be like in coming generations if this artificial contamination with all sorts of disease taints and drug poisons is to be forced upon the people!

Homophones for Contamination:

• contention, continuation, condonation, condemnation.

Hypernym for Contamination:

• n.

  • act
    dust contamination.
  • state
    dust contamination.

Hyponym for Contamination:

• n.

  • act
    soiling, dirtying, soilure.
  • state
    impureness, impurity.