Synonyms and Antonyms of dirt
1
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow
- dig into the dirt to a depth of about three inches
blackland, clay, gault [chiefly British], gley, guck (or gook), gumbo, kaolin, muck, mud
dust, gravel, sand
humus, loam, topsoil
alluvium, colluvium, detritus, loess, marl, sediment, shingle, silt
duff, mull
subsoil, substratum
2
the solid part of our planetʼs surface as distinguished from the sea and air
- at the first sound of gunfire we hit the dirt
3
foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something
- thereʼs some dirt on your shoes
scum, sewage, sewerage, slime, sludge, swill
dross, dust [British], garbage, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste
crock [dialect], soot
dinginess, dirtiness, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness
4
the quality or state of being obscene
- appalled by the dirt in the authorʼs novels
bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness
immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness
lechery
depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness
exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability
reprehensibility, reprehensibleness
abusiveness, scurrilousness
atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness
distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism
correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness
appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness
perfection, purity, spotlessness
5
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
- tread carefully, as there's cow dirt all over the pasture
doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement, excreta, feces, ordure, poop, scat, slops, soil, waste
