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filth - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
| Synonyms: | carrion, contamination, corruption, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, refuse, sediment, sewage, silt, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, crud, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rottenness, sleaze, uncleanness |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | contamination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adulteration |
| Synonyms: | contagion, corruption, decay, defilement, disease, epidemic, filth, impurity, infection, pestilence, plague, pollution, taint, dirtying, foulness, poisoning, radioactivation, rottenness, spoliation |
| Antonyms: | cleaning, cure, healing, purification, sterilization |
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
| Synonyms: | ashes, dirt, earth, filth, grime, grit, ground, powder, refuse, smut, soil, soot, cinders, dust bunnies, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, lint, loess, sand |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, sewage, slop*, swill, trash, waste, bits and pieces, dreck, scrapings, sweepings |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt |
| Synonyms: | dust, film, filth, muck*, smudge, smut*, soil, soot, tarnish, crud, gook, gunk |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impurity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contaminant |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, contamination, corruption, defilement, dirt, filth, grime, pestilence, pollutant, pollution, scum, stain, taint, foreign matter, poisoning, uncleanness |
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pornography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscenity |
| Synonyms: | adult movie, dirt, erotica, filth, indecency, skin flick, smut, X-rated material, X-rated movie, adult material, bawdiness, dirty movie, girlie magazine, hard-core pornography, obscene materials, porn, porno, porno film, sexploitation, sexually explicit material, soft-core pornography, stag film |
| Main Entry: | smut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pornography |
| Synonyms: | adult movie, dirt, erotica, filth, indecency, obscenity, skin flick, smut, X-rated material, X-rated movie, adult material, bawdiness, dirty movie, girlie magazine, hard-core pornography, indecent material, obscene materials, porn, porno, porno film, sexploitation, sexually explicit material, soft-core pornography, stag film |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grime, impurity |
| Synonyms: | dregs, excrement, filth, ground, mire, muck, mud, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish, crud, dreck, feculence, filthiness, gook, gunk, rottenness, scuz, sleaze |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility, pureness |
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, junk, litter, odds and ends*, offal, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, waste, fragments, leavings, oddments, pieces, scourings, shavings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, valuables |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscenity; immorality |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, double-dealing, filth, fraud, indecency, pornography, smut, fourberie, lubricity |
| Antonyms: | morality |
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