Synonyms for poison
ˈpɔɪ zənpoi·son

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1. poisonverb

   To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody

   We used a poison to kill the weeds.

   Synonyms:
   toxin, venom, pollutant, contaminant, atter

2. poisonverb

   To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous

   That factory is poisoning the river.

   Synonyms:
   taint, contaminate, pollute

3. poisonverb

   To cause something to become much worse

   Synonyms:
   taint, corrupt

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. poison

   Synonyms:
   vitiate, taint, infect, envenom, pollute

   Antonyms:
   purify, disinfect, depurate

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1. poison, toxicant, poisonous substancenoun

   any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

   Synonyms:
   toxicant, poisonous substance

2. poisonverb

   anything that harms or destroys

   "the poison of fascism"

   Synonyms:
   toxicant, poisonous substance

3. poisonverb

   spoil as if by poison

   "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"

   Synonyms:
   envenom

4. poisonverb

   kill with poison

   "She poisoned her husband"

   Synonyms:
   envenom

5. poison, envenomverb

   add poison to

   "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

   Synonyms:
   acerbate, envenom, embitter

6. poisonverb

   kill by its poison

   "This mushrooms can poison"

   Synonyms:
   envenom

7. poisonverb

   administer poison to

   "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

   Synonyms:
   envenom

Matched Categories

1. • Corrupt
   • Drug
   • Kill

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1. poisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   venom, virus, bane, pest, noxious influence

2. poisonverb

   Synonyms:
   infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker

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1. poisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   venom, virus, toxine, toxicant, irritant, taint, bane, ptomaine

   Associated words:
   toxicology, toxicophobia, toxicomania, toxiferous, toxicologist, antidote, alexiteric, venenific, septiferous, envenom, infect

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1. List of paraphrases for "poison":

   poisons, poisoning, venom, gif, poisonous, gift, toxic, toxin, troublemaker

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1. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette:

   There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

2. Anne Milgram:

   And they used it to spread a new poison, fentanyl.

3. Johnny Depp:

   His words to her were with great anger and bitterness and — you know, there was a lot of poison in it., i don't tolerate injustice.

4. Adamo Macri:

   Speaking of poison, unlike processed food, which is bad to consume, art should be the polar opposite: it should be over-processed to the point of being dangerous. To be deemed subversive, and intriguing to the eye and intellect, it must induce some form and degree of disruption. In that perspective, art is always safe, despite of idiotic censorship, as long as you don't eat it.”

5. Bernie Sanders:

   First thing you do is say, people are not paying a water bill for poison water. And that is retroactive, you are playing three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vermont, for clean water.