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toxic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of toxic

containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing

Certain plants are toxic if eaten.

Synonyms of toxic

envenomed, poison, poisoned, poisonous, venomous

Words Related to toxic

contagious, infectious, infective, pathogenic, pestilent, pestilential

baneful, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, injurious, malignant, nocuous, noxious, virulent

unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

Near Antonyms of toxic

beneficial, curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

benign, harmless, innocuous, inoffensive

nonfatal, nonlethal

Antonyms of toxic

nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvenomous

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