What is another word for sterile?
Pronunciation:
[ stˈɛɹa͡ɪl], [ stˈɛɹaɪl], [ s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_aɪ_l]
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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)
- other relevant words (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)
- other relevant words (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.
- fruitless,
- no dice,
- to no avail,
- Resultless,
- Beggared,
- unfruitful,
- on treadmill,
- sanative,
- inadequate,
- poor,
- pure,
- in vain,
- save one's breath,
- unfertile,
- flat broke,
- nonproductive,
- barren,
- sanitary,
- void,
- exanimate,
- non-productive,
- unratified,
- impoverished,
- on a treadmill,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- not viable,
- Salutiferous,
- acarpous,
- unsanctioned,
- unprofitable,
- no effect,
- desert,
- infertile,
- not enough,
- Gainless,
- untilled,
- unenforceable,
- unproductive,
- Infecund,
- worthless,
- out cold,
- uninspired,
- unadulterated,
- futile,
- found wanting,
- uninfected,
- played out,
- uncontaminated,
- niggardly,
- Unbearing,
- spinning one's wheels,
- vain,
- uncultivable,
- no-good,
- dead,
- no-account,
- no purpose,
- jejune,
- to no effect,
- no avail,
- counter-productive,
- to no purpose,
- out the window,
- pristine.
- 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.
How to use "Sterile" in context?
In general, anything that is not alive is called sterile. This includes objects, places, and even people. Sterilization is the process of making something sterile. It is used to prevent the spread of disease. Sterilization can be done in a number of ways, but the most common is by using a sterilization process.
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
clean, inconclusive, isolated, pointless, useless, wasteful, Disinfected, Disinfecting, non-viable.
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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
Homophones for Sterile:
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