adulterant

  • (a) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
    • the adulterating effect of extraneous materials
    adulterating,

Nouns

  • (n) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance
    • it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use
    adulterator,

Synonyms

adulterating adulterator

Antonyms

purifying

Words of close approximity

adulterate