Synonyms of pollution

pollution

noun

1

as in contamination

the action or process of making the environment dirty or harmful

The company designed devices to reduce the pollution of the world's oceans.

Related Words

• contamination
• pollutant
• contaminant
• adulteration
• defilement
• uncleanness
• toxin
• uncleanliness
• poison
• dirtiness
• impurity
• soilage
• foulness
• filthiness
• adulterant

2

as in corruption

something that makes (someone) less pure, honest, or moral

They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind.

Related Words

• corruption
• contamination
• violation
• cursing
• insult
• swearing
• profanity
• sin
• debasement
• affront
• trespass
• desecration
• blasphemy
• sacrilege
• impiety
• defilement
• irreverence
• profanation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pollution

Edison is providing a $72 climate credit on summer electricity bills as a part of a California program that requires large facilities that produce greenhouse gas emissions to buy carbon pollution allowances. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Two crews from the United States Coast Guard also responded to the scene to help with cleanup efforts and to remove debris or pollution from the beach. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

The tanker was subsequently towed to the Port of Fujairah with no casualties or pollution. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

The study, published in the journal Science, finds that El Niño events during the past 40 years have become 36% stronger than those before the industrial revolution, when people began to generate large volumes of climate pollution. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026