contaminating
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
the air near the foundry was always dirty
Related & opposite
- uncontaminating antonym
- dirtiness derivation
- soil derivation
Sense 2 adjective
that infects or taints
Related & opposite
- infectious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | uncontaminating |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dirtiness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | infectious |