decontaminated

The word “decontaminated” has 6 syllables: de-con-tam-i-nat-ed

It's pronounced as /ˌdiː.kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪ.tɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for decontaminated?

In the thesaurus, “decontaminated” has 98 synonyms and 50 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decontaminated along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decontaminated

  • antiseptic
  • arid
  • aseptic
  • bare
  • barren
  • bleak
  • brightened
  • brushed
  • certain
  • checked
  • clarified
  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • clear
  • combed
  • competent
  • dead
  • deodorized
  • dependable
  • desert
  • desolate
  • deterged
  • disinfected
  • dry
  • dry-cleaned
  • dusted
  • effete
  • empty
  • fallow
  • freshened
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • gaunt
  • germ-free
  • harmless
  • healthy
  • hygienic
  • impotent
  • infecund
  • infertile
  • innocent
  • innocuous
  • innoxious
  • inoffensive
  • laundered
  • mopped
  • neutralized
  • nonpoisonous
  • nontoxic
  • pasteurized
  • picked up
  • pure
  • purged
  • purified
  • reliable
  • rinsed
  • risk-free
  • riskless
  • sanitary
  • sanitized
  • scoured
  • scrubbed
  • secure
  • septic
  • shampooed
  • sound
  • sponged
  • sterilized
  • swabbed
  • sweetened
  • swept
  • tame
  • tidied
  • tried-and-true
  • trustworthy
  • turned out
  • unadulterated
  • uncluttered
  • uncontaminated
  • uncreative
  • unfruitful
  • unimaginative
  • uninfected
  • uninjurious
  • uninspired
  • uninventive
  • unoriginal
  • unpolluted
  • unprofitable
  • unprolific
  • unsullied
  • vacuumed
  • vain
  • washed
  • waste
  • wholesome
  • wiped
  • without issue

Antonyms for decontaminated

  • adulterated
  • begrimed
  • besmirched
  • blackened
  • cheerful
  • contaminated
  • cultivated
  • dangerous
  • defiled
  • dirtied
  • dirty
  • discolored
  • exposed
  • fertile
  • filthy
  • foul
  • fouled
  • fruitful
  • full
  • harmful
  • impure
  • incautious
  • indefinite
  • irresponsible
  • muddied
  • poisonous
  • polluted
  • potent
  • productive
  • profitable
  • risky
  • soiled
  • spotted
  • stained
  • sullied
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • uncertain
  • unclean
  • undecided
  • unfixed
  • unguarded
  • unprotected
  • unreliable
  • unsafe
  • unsanitary
  • unsterile
  • unsure
  • unthoughtful
  • vulnerable

Meanings of decontaminated

  • verb
    1. To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.

Example Sentences

  • The lab equipment was thoroughly decontaminated after the experiment.
  • All surfaces in the hospital room were decontaminated to prevent infection.
  • The water supply was decontaminated before being declared safe for use.
  • After the chemical leak, the affected area was quickly decontaminated.
  • The firefighters ensured the building was decontaminated before residents returned.

On this page you'll find 148 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decontaminated, such as: adulterated, antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, begrimed.

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Related Words

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vacuumed

  • brightened
  • brushed
  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • combed
  • decontaminated
  • deodorized
  • deterged
  • disinfected
  • dry-cleaned
  • dusted
  • freshened
  • laundered
  • mopped
  • picked up
  • purged
  • purified
  • rinsed
  • sanitized
  • scoured
  • scrubbed
  • shampooed
  • sponged
  • swabbed
  • sweetened
  • swept
  • tidied
  • turned out
  • uncluttered
  • washed
  • wiped

garbled

  • abridged
  • aghast
  • amazed
  • astounded
  • at a loss for words
  • bashful
  • belied
  • bent
  • bolted
  • bowdlerized
  • broken
  • camouflaged
  • censored
  • choked up
  • clarified
  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • cleared
  • colored
  • complicated
  • confounded
  • confused
  • cooked
  • crude
  • dazed
  • decontaminated
  • defective
  • deficient
  • detached
  • disguised
  • disinfected
  • disjointed
  • disordered
  • dissembled
  • distilled
  • distorted
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • elutriated
  • equivocated
  • expurgated
  • extracted
  • falsified
  • fibbed
  • filtered
  • fined
  • fractional
  • fragmentary
  • fudged
  • half-done
  • illogical
  • immature
  • imperfect
  • inadequate
  • inarticulate
  • inchoate
  • incoherent
  • incohesive
  • insufficient
  • interrupted
  • irrational
  • irregular
  • jumbled
  • lacking
  • leached
  • lied
  • loose
  • masked
  • meager
  • misdescribed
  • misinterpreted
  • misrelated
  • misrepresented
  • misspoke
  • misstated
  • mistook
  • mistranslated
  • mixed-up
  • muddled
  • mum
  • mute
  • mystified
  • obscured
  • paltered
  • part
  • partial
  • perverted
  • prevaricated
  • processed
  • purged
  • purified
  • rambling
  • rectified
  • refined
  • rough
  • rude
  • rudimentary
  • sanitized
  • screened
  • separated
  • shocked
  • short
  • shy
  • sieved
  • sifted
  • silent
  • sketchy
  • slanted
  • speechless
  • stammering
  • twisted
  • unaccomplished
  • uncommunicative
  • unconsummated
  • uncontinuous
  • uncoordinated
  • under construction
  • undeveloped
  • undone
  • unexecuted
  • unintelligible
  • unpolished
  • veiled
  • voiceless
  • wandering
  • warped
  • washed
  • whitewashed

sanitized

neutralized

  • abortive
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • anticlimactic
  • assassinated
  • barren
  • blew away
  • blotted out
  • bootless
  • bumped off
  • butchered
  • carried off
  • certain
  • checked
  • claimed
  • clear
  • competent
  • corrected
  • counteracted
  • counterbalanced
  • counterpoised
  • croaked
  • cut down
  • decontaminated
  • defeasible
  • dependable
  • destroyed
  • did away with
  • did in
  • dispatched
  • eliminated
  • emasculate
  • epicene
  • eradicated
  • executed
  • exterminated
  • feckless
  • feeble
  • felled
  • forceless
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • got
  • harmless
  • healthy
  • iced
  • idle
  • impotent
  • inadequate
  • incompetent
  • indecisive
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficacious
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • inferior
  • innocent
  • innocuous
  • innoxious
  • inoffensive
  • inoperative
  • invalidated
  • invertebrate
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • lame
  • limited
  • liquidated
  • massacred
  • murdered
  • negated
  • negatived
  • neutered
  • no-go
  • nonpoisonous
  • nontoxic
  • not effective
  • nugatory
  • null
  • null and void
  • nullified
  • offed
  • offset
  • outbalanced
  • outweighed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • paltry
  • powerless
  • pure
  • put away
  • redeemed
  • redressed
  • reliable
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • risk-free
  • riskless
  • rubbed out
  • secure
  • shot
  • shot down
  • slack-spined
  • slaughtered
  • slew
  • smote
  • snuffed
  • sound
  • spineless
  • tame
  • terminated
  • took out
  • tried-and-true
  • trustworthy
  • unable
  • unavailable
  • unavailing
  • unfruitful
  • uninjurious
  • unpolluted
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • unsuccessful
  • useless
  • vain
  • void
  • whacked
  • wholesome
  • wiped out
  • withered
  • worthless
  • zapped

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