contaminated

Questions about contaminated

What does contaminated mean?

contaminated means "corrupted by contact or association". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contaminated?

contaminated has 5 syllables: con-tam-i-na-ted. The stress falls on "tam". In IPA it is /kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd/.

What is another word for contaminated?

Close synonyms include polluted. 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.

What is the opposite of contaminated?

The recorded antonyms are uncontaminated.

Is contaminated a common word?

contaminated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contaminated?

7 words rhyme with contaminated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.