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Adulterant
That which is used to adulterate anything.
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Similar meaning 4
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous ma…
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50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous ma…
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50% interchangeable
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Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
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Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
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50% interchangeable
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Broader term 1
That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…
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Derivationally related 4
of Adulterate
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15% interchangeable
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of Adulterate
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15% interchangeable
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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
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15% interchangeable
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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
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15% interchangeable
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Synonym 2
of Adulterate
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68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
One who adulterates or corrupts.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Antonym 2
of Purify
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0% interchangeable
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of Purify
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