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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Siddharth Astir:

   Acceptance is the slow poison plaguing today's society

2. Fabrice:

   Trump: "Madam, if you were my wife, I'd poison your tea!" Clinton: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd drink it!"

3. Jean Cocteau:

   The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.

4. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin:

   I guarantee you somewhere in Kentucky today a child was sexually assaulted that was left at home because there was nobody there to watch them, i guarantee you somewhere today a child was physically harmed or ingested poison because they were home alone because a single parent did n’t have any money to take care of them. I ’m offended by the idea that people so cavalierly and so flippantly disregarded what’s truly best for children.

5. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura:

   What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.