adulterate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
adulterate liquor
Types & categories
- spoil hypernym
- water down hyponym
- doctor hyponym
Related & opposite
- dilution derivation
- adulterator derivation
- adulteration derivation
- adulterator derivation
- adulterant derivation
- stretch verb group
Sense 2 adjective
mixed with impurities
Related & opposite
- impure similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulteration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adulterant |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | stretch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spoil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doctor |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | impure |