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mud - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | mud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet dirt |
| Synonyms: | clay, mire, muck, ooze, silt, slab, sludge, slush |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, binder, bond, concrete, glue, gum, mucilage, mud*, paste, plaster, size, solder, birdlime, epoxy, grout, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | workable earth material |
| Synonyms: | adobe, brick, earth, mud, pottery, slip, till, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, china material, clunch, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, porcelain material, terra cotta, wacke |
| Main Entry: | coffee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hot beverage made from beans of a tree |
| Synonyms: | brew, café, mud*, perk*, battery acid, caffeine, café au lait, café noir, cappuccino, decaf, decoction, demitasse, espresso, forty weight, hot stuff, ink, jamocha, java, joe, mocha, varnish remover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel, slander |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, black eye*, calumny, character assassination, depreciation, detraction, dirt, disparagement, dump*, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, slam*, slime, slur, smear, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, cheap shot, denigration, dirty laundry, low-down dirty, scorcher, slap in face, traducement, vilification |
| Antonyms: | approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
| Synonyms: | bog, dirt, fen, goo*, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, slime*, swamp, glop, gunk, quicksand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid emitted |
| Synonyms: | fluid, goo*, mire, muck*, mud, silt, slime*, sludge, alluvium, glop, gook, gunk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scandal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, calumny, crime, defamation, depreciation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, gossip, hearsay, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, rumor, shame, sin, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, wrongdoing, backstabbing, belittlement, dirty linen, eavesdropping, idle rumor, scorcher, skeleton in closet |
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting*, black eye*, calumny, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirt*, disparagement, hit*, libel, lie, misrepresentation, mud*, obloquy, rap*, scandal, slam*, slime*, smear*, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, dirty linen, muckraking, mud-slinging |
| Antonyms: | glorification, nicety, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, gelled waste |
| Synonyms: | goo*, mire, mud, ooze, scum, sludge, fungus, glop, gunk, mucus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet land covered with vegetation |
| Synonyms: | bog, fen, glade, marsh, mire, moor, morass, mud, quagmire, bottoms, everglade, holm, marshland, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, slough, swale, swampland |
| Main Entry: | earthen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clay |
| Synonyms: | dirt, mud, rock, stone, fictile, made of earth |
| Main Entry: | muck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse |
| Synonyms: | dung, manure, mire, mud, slime, trash, waste |
| 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: | earth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ground, soil |
| Synonyms: | clay, clod, coast, compost, deposit, dirt, dust, fill, gravel, land, mold, muck, mud, shore, sod, surface, terra firma, terrain, turf, alluvium, dry land, glebe, humus, loam, marl, peat moss, sand, subsoil, terrane, topsoil |
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