Thesaurus:adulterate
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to lower (something) in value by adding poorer elements or removing valuable elements
Synonyms
- abase (obsolete)
- adulter (rare)
- adulterate
- adulterize (uncommon)
- alloy [⇒ thesaurus]
- balderdash (archaic)
- corrupt
- bastardize
- dash [⇒ thesaurus] (dated)
- dilute
- embase (archaic)
- sophisticate (figurative)
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Further reading
- “659. deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “adulterate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.