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Synonyms of soil

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Another word for soil is earth. Other synonyms of soil are besmirch, dirty, smirch, beclart and bedirty.

Synonyms and similar words for soil

verbTo make dirty.

  • besmirchTo make dirty.
  • dirtyTo make (something) dirty.
  • smirchTo dirty; to make dirty.
  • beclart UK, dialectalTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
  • bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
  • bedizen UK, dialectalTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
  • befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
  • begrimeTo ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something)...
  • beshit figuratively, vulgarTo soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.
  • besmearTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
  • besullyTo make sullied or soiled; defile.
  • blackenTo make dirty.
  • blotTo impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  • clatTo dirty.
  • contaminateTo soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
  • darkenTo make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
  • defileTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  • dirtenTo make or become dirty or soiled.
  • elt ScotlandTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
  • foulTo make dirty.
  • gunkTo soil or make dirty.
  • gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
  • inquinateTo pollute or make dirty.
  • scungeTo mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
  • sling mud
  • slotterTo make filthy; to foul.
  • slurTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  • smearTo make something dirty.
  • smudgeTo soil or smear with dirt.
  • smutTo stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
  • smutchTo soil, stain or smudge.
  • soss UK, dialectalTo soil; to make dirty.
  • spotTo stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • stainTo discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
  • sullowTo sully.
  • sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
  • tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
  • assoil obsoleteTo clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.
  • bedaub obsoleteTo smear upon; to soil.
  • imbrue (especially with blood) archaic, literary
  • befile obsoleteTo make filthy; befoul; soil.
  • befilth rareTo cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
  • beray archaic, obsoleteTo make foul; befoul; soil.
  • bewray archaic, obsoleteTo soil or befoul; to beray.
  • blur obsoleteTo smear, stain or smudge.
  • file archaicTo defile.
  • foil obsoleteTo blunt; to dull; to spoil.
  • sowl obsoleteTo soil or stain; to dirty.
  • uggle UK, dialectalTo make dirty.

verbTo become dirty or soiled.

verbTo make invalid, to ruin.

  • invalidate
  • blightTo impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
  • bumble
  • botchTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
  • bugger up vulgar
  • bungleTo incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
  • corruptTo waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
  • crab slang
  • depraveTo make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
  • disrupt
  • disturb
  • fuck up vulgar
  • jack up vulgar
  • marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
  • mess upTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  • mishandle
  • mommick US, dialectalTo mess up; to bungle or ruin by bungling.
  • polluteTo make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
  • put a crimp in
  • ruinTo upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
  • screw up vulgar
  • sourTo make (soil) cold and unproductive.
  • spoil
  • undo literary
  • upset
  • turn upside down
  • upset the applecartTo disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.
  • vitiateTo spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
  • ball up dated, slangTo ruin or botch.
  • queer dated, slang

nounFaeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

  • dirtSoil or earth.

nounSenses 1 to 3.

Meaning of soil

  1. noun A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
  2. noun The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
  3. noun The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.

Full definition of soil

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Questions about synonyms of soil

What is another word for soil?
Soil has 82 synonyms on Word.ws, such as earth, besmirch, dirty, smirch, beclart, bedirty, bedizen and befoul.
What does soil mean?
Soil means a mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soil (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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