What is another word for sterile?
346 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ stˈɛɹa͡ɪl], [ stˈɛɹaɪl], [ s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_aɪ_l]Table of Contents
Similar words for sterile:- antiseptic (adjective)
- barren (adjective)
- clean (adjective)
- dead (adjective)
- desert (adjective)
- effete (adjective)
- fruitless (adjective)
- futile (adjective)
- hygienic (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- impoverished (adjective)
- inadequate (adjective)
- infertile (adjective)
- jejune (adjective)
- lifeless (adjective)
- no-account (adjective)
- no-good (adjective)
- otiose (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- pristine (adjective)
- pure (adjective)
- sanitary (adjective)
- sterile (adjective)
- unadulterated (adjective)
- uninspired (adjective)
- unprofitable (adjective)
- vain (adjective)
- void (adjective)
- worthless (adjective)
- aseptic (noun)
- fertile (noun)
- infertility (noun)
- sterile (noun)
- defeated (verb)
- other synonyms
- barren
Synonyms for Sterile:
adj.
•antiseptic (adjective)- germicidal,
- sterile,
- germ-destroying,
- Medicated,
- bactericidal,
- prophylactic,
- antibiotic,
- antibacterial,
- purifying,
- germfree,
- clean,
- disinfectant,
- germ-free,
- unpolluted,
- Sterilizing.
- refined,
- squeaky-clean,
- neat,
- hygienic,
- fastidious,
- stainless,
- fresh,
- unsoiled,
- orderly,
- purity,
- immaculate,
- spotless,
- spick-and-span,
- straight,
- tidy,
- unsullied,
- Taintless,
- unstained,
- polished,
- gleaming.
- inoperable,
- gone,
- extinct,
- still,
- departed,
- unemployed,
- useless,
- inactive,
- spent,
- wearied,
- stagnant,
- tired,
- worn,
- defunct,
- exhausted,
- worn out,
- lost,
- obsolete,
- vanished,
- inoperative,
- bygone.
- ineffective,
- unavailing,
- wild goose chase,
- idle,
- abortive,
- unavailable,
- profitless,
- pointless,
- ineffectual.
- bootless,
- unneeded,
- impractical,
- unimportant,
- impracticable,
- valueless,
- delusive,
- unsatisfactory,
- nugatory,
- hollow,
- trifling,
- unsubstantial,
- forlorn,
- trivial,
- unreal,
- insufficient,
- otiose.
- inept,
- impotent,
- dud,
- incompetent,
- weak,
- feeble,
- forceless,
- frail,
- incapable,
- nerveless,
- paper tiger,
- enfeebled,
- gutless,
- incapacitated,
- powerless,
- prostrate,
- in firm,
- infirm,
- enervated,
- paralyzed,
- helpless,
- crippled.
- in-solvent,
- most hurting,
- most beggared,
- penurious,
- more beggared,
- dis tressed,
- have not,
- poverty stricken,
- more have not,
- most have-not,
- most havenot,
- povertystricken,
- more hurting,
- havenot,
- in solvent,
- dis-tressed,
- more have-not,
- more havenot,
- most have not.
- minus,
- most stinted,
- in apter,
- junker,
- un equal,
- glitcher,
- in complete,
- in adequate,
- inconsiderable,
- un qualified,
- junkest,
- incomplete,
- in appreciable,
- in-considerable,
- glitchest,
- in-commensurate,
- in-adequate,
- in-complete,
- too little,
- more stinted,
- in-substantial,
- in aptest,
- more lemon,
- in substantial,
- in-aptest,
- most lemon,
- bushleague,
- most niggardly,
- in-appreciable,
- in commensurate,
- un-equal,
- lemon,
- in-apter,
- un-qualified,
- more niggardly,
- in considerable.
- in organic,
- in sensate,
- in-organic,
- de ceased,
- in-animate,
- in sensible,
- more exanimate,
- in-sensate,
- in-sensible,
- ex-animate,
- un-conscious,
- in animate,
- ex animate,
- de-ceased,
- un conscious,
- most exanimate.
- more intemerate,
- more pasteurized,
- Intemerate,
- un-blemished,
- pasteurized,
- most pasteurized,
- most intemerate.
- empty,
- fallow,
- bare,
- desolate,
- septic,
- waste,
- gaunt,
- bleak,
- Disinfected,
- without issue,
- decontaminated.
- un enforceable,
- most avoided,
- most unratified,
- more negated,
- most unsanctioned,
- more unconfirmed,
- more voided,
- more unsanctioned,
- most voided,
- in-valid,
- null and void,
- most negated,
- Voided,
- unconfirmed,
- un sanctioned,
- un-enforceable,
- more avoided,
- un-confirmed,
- most unconfirmed,
- in valid,
- un ratified,
- more unratified,
- un confirmed,
- more unenforceable,
- most unenforceable,
- un-sanctioned,
- un-ratified,
- null void.
- in-consequential,
- most nothing,
- in utile,
- counter productive,
- more nothing,
- in consequential,
- un-usable,
- more counterproductive,
- in-utile,
- good for nothing,
- most good for nothing,
- un-essential,
- more good for nothing,
- more good-for-nothing,
- un usable,
- most good-for-nothing,
- un essential,
- most counterproductive.
n.
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- arid.
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- excite.
- rich.
v.
•defeated (verb)Other synonyms:
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- heated,
- spiritless,
- lackluster,
- flavorless,
- lusterless,
- lively,
- prosaic,
- colorless.
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- flat.
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- dull.
Paraphrases for Sterile:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
infertile.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
non-viable, pointless, useless, Disinfected, clean, inconclusive, wasteful, Disinfecting, isolated.
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Proper noun, singular
Tailings.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
sterility.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Sterile:
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adj.
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antiseptic
polluted, unsterile, unsanitary, unclean, contaminated.
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desert
cultivated.
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fruitless
plentiful, successful, profitable, potent, copious.
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futile
hopeful.
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sterile
fruitful, productive.
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Other antonyms:
grungy, smirched, insanitary, sickening, grimy, sullied, bearing, pregnant, mucky, flourishing, impregnable, luxuriant, nasty, unhygienic, unwholesome, infectious, besmirched, insalubrious, originative, teeming, swarming, fat, Pathogenetic, grubby, rank, yielding, tainted, stained, dirty, fertilized, miasmic, bedraggled, noxious, unhealthful, blooming, muddy, sordid, conceptive, dusty, unsterilized, impregnated, germy, fertilizable, soiled, dingy, pathogenic, uncleanly, unhealthy, unwashed, bursting, draggled, poisonous, defiled, toxic.
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antiseptic
Homophones for Sterile:
- sisterly, sidereal, sectral, stairwell, ski trail, show trial, suctorial, sectorial, statutory law, sterol, southerly, sweet roll, stroll.