adulterator

1. 1.

   any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance

   “it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use”

   Synonymsadulterant

   Broadersubstance
2. 2.

   a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance

   Broaderchanger

Other forms of adulterator

plural

adulterators·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adulterator

What does adulterator mean?

adulterator means "any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adulterator?

adulterator has 5 syllables: a-dul-te-ra-tor. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for adulterator?

Close synonyms include adulterant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adulterator a common word?

adulterator is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.