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. Benjamin Franklin, ?:

   To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.

2. Hoth Gor Luak:

   We don't trust those traders, most of them are Dinkas ... They can poison it.

3. Ulrich Leisinger:

   We all know the picture drawn by the movie `Amadeus'. It is false, salieri did not poison Mozart, but they both worked in Vienna and were competitors.

4. Lady Astor and William Churchill:

   if you were my husband, I would feed you poison." "if you were my wife, madam, I would take it!

5. Alfred Montapert:

   Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.