Synonyms for soil
sɔɪlsoil

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1. soil3

   A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

   Synonyms:
   dirt, besmirch, smirch, dirty

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1. soil

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soil

   Synonyms:
   stain, tarnish, begrime, befoul, contaminate

   Antonyms:
   purify, bleach, cleanse, absterge

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grungenoun

   the state of being covered with unclean things

   Synonyms:
   land, territory, spot, mark, grunge, filthiness, skank, discolouration, lubricating oil, grease, obscenity, discoloration, brand, foulness, ground, vulgarism, shit, dirty word, grime, stigma, scandal, crap, smear, shite, turd, dirt, smut, filth, malicious gossip, nastiness, smirch, stain, poop, crud, blot

2. soil, dirtnoun

   the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

   Synonyms:
   ground, grease, crap, shit, scandal, filth, territory, malicious gossip, shite, land, stain, grunge, dirt, turd, grime, poop

3. land, ground, soilnoun

   material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

   "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

   Synonyms:
   primer, land, background, body politic, territory, undercoat, terra firma, estate, dry land, reason, country, basis, grease, farming, res publica, acres, solid ground, state, demesne, earth, ground, grime, priming, kingdom, footing, realm, dirt, landed estate, commonwealth, priming coat, nation, filth, grunge, domain, flat coat, stain, primer coat

4. territory, soilverb

   the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

   "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

   Synonyms:
   grunge, grease, filth, territory, dirt, territorial dominion, ground, district, stain, land, grime, dominion

5. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemireverb

   make soiled, filthy, or dirty

   "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

   Synonyms:
   begrime, bemire, dirty, colly, grime

Matched Categories

1. • Dirtiness
   • Earth
   • Object

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pedon

   soil is another word for person.pedonlogy is the study of soil so it makes scence

   Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soilverb

   Synonyms:
   foul, dirty, stain, pollute, sully, tarnish, defile, taint, contaminate, bedaub, begrime, besmear, bespatter, make foul

2. soilnoun

   Synonyms:
   stain, blot, spot, tarnish

3. soilnoun

   Synonyms:
   mould, loam, earth, ground

4. soilnoun

   Synonyms:
   land, country

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1. soilnoun

   Synonyms:
   ground, earth, dirt, humus, land, loam, mold, dirt, pollution, defilement, manure, dung, fæces, excrement

2. soilverb

   Synonyms:
   dirty, defile, pollute, besmear, contaminate, taint, besmirch, sully, tarnish, begrime

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1. List of paraphrases for "soil":

   soils, ground, land, sol, floor, earth, territory, sun, mark, terrain, flooring, floors, soil-borne

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1. John Dryden:

   Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

2. Suzanne Nossel:

   PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at the word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Sir Salman Rushdie, who was reportedly stabbed multiple times while on stage speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York, we can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil.

3. Pier Luigi Petrillo:

   If an American citizen has been found guilty of a crime and in particular a serious crime such as murder on Italian soil, there is an obligation by the United States to extradite the American citizen.

4. Vaclav Havel:

   A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerality of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

5. Lucas White:

   Nobody knows what will happen with commodity prices and it's more or less impossible to predict, but farmers spend all this time getting their soil to be very productive and all of a sudden a huge downpour comes and they have to start from scratch again. It's very difficult to produce agriculture in a world that is increasingly impacted by climate change.