What is another word for poisonous?

Synonyms for poisonous
ˈpɔɪ zə nəspoi·sonous

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. poisonousadjective

    Synonyms:
    venomous, attery, toxic

  2. poisonousadjective

    Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous

    Synonyms:
    toxic, attery, venomous

  3. poisonousadjective

    Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat

    Synonyms:
    attery, venomous, toxic

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. poisonous

    Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

    Synonyms:
    bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

    Antonyms:
    advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. poisonous, toxicantadjective

    having the qualities or effects of a poison

    Synonyms:
    venomous, toxicant, vicious

    Antonyms:
    nontoxic, comestible, atoxic, eatable, unmalicious, edible

  2. poisonousadjective

    not safe to eat

    Synonyms:
    venomous, toxicant, vicious

    Antonyms:
    atoxic, comestible, unmalicious, edible, nontoxic, eatable

  3. poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective

    marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

    "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

    Synonyms:
    virulent, toxicant, deplorable, savage, barbarous, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, cruel, evil, vicious, deadly, brutal

    Antonyms:
    eatable, unmalicious, atoxic, comestible, nontoxic, edible

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. poisonousadjective

    Synonyms:
    toxic, toxical, venomous, noxious, baneful, virulent, malignant

    Antonyms:
    nonpoisonous, antidotal

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "poisonous":

    toxic, venomous, poison, poisoned, noxious, sam

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How to use poisonous in a sentence?

  1. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

    To defeat this poisonous ideology, we must be clear about why it is so wrong. We must expose and defeat what it is that persuades young people, from Tunisia to Kuwait, from Belgium to Britain, to join ISIL.

  2. Vicki Cowart:

    We share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country. We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust.

  3. David Cameron:

    All of us have been horrified by the way that British teenagers appear to have been radicalized and duped by this poisonous ideology of Islamist extremism while at home on the internet in their bedrooms, given reports that one of the girls was following as many as 70 extremists online, this case underlines the importance of the work we are doing with social media companies.

  4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

    You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world of a poisonous thing. Take that, you hound, and that! -- and that! -- and that! -- and that!

  5. Lindsay Tarasco:

    I smelled something, so I took a deep breath in. Bad mistake, i realized there was definitely something poisonous in the air.


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