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effluvium

noun

variants: also effluvia

Synonyms and Antonyms of effluvium

discarded or useless material

the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river

Synonyms of effluvium

chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

Words Related to effluvium

crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash

detritus, remains, rubble, ruins

dump, scrap heap

lumber, odds and ends, trumpery

flotsam, jetsam, wreckage

castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway

nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms of effluvium

catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable

booty, find, salvage

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