soil - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

Synonyms

• soil
• territory

More generic

• geographic area
• geographic region
• geographical area
• geographical region

Noun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

Synonyms

• ground
• land
• soil

More generic

• object
• physical object

More specific

• badlands
• bottom
• bottomland
• coastland
• cultivated land
• farmland
• greensward
• overburden
• permafrost
• ploughland
• plowland
• polder
• rangeland
• scablands
• sod
• sward
• tillage
• tilled land
• tilth
• turf
• wetland

Noun

the state of being covered with unclean things

Synonyms

• dirt
• filth
• grease
• grime
• grunge
• soil
• stain

More generic

• dirtiness
• uncleanness

Noun

the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Synonyms

• dirt
• soil

More generic

• earth
• ground

More specific

• Indian red
• alluvial soil
• bog soil
• bole
• boulder clay
• caliche
• clay
• clunch
• desert soil
• desertic soil
• fuller's earth
• gilgai soil
• gumbo
• gumbo soil
• hardpan
• humus
• indurated clay
• laterite
• loam
• loess
• marl
• mold
• mould
• mud
• podsol
• podsol soil
• podsolic soil
• podzol
• podzol soil
• prairie soil
• regosol
• residual clay
• residual soil
• sand
• sedimentary clay
• silt
• subsoil
• surface soil
• till
• topsoil
• tundra soil
• undersoil
• wiesenboden

Verb

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Synonyms

• begrime
• bemire
• colly
• dirty
• grime
• soil

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• blemish
• contaminate
• crock
• foul
• mire
• muck
• muck up
• mud
• muddy
• muddy up
• pollute
• slime
• smear
• splash
• spot

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