Synonyms of the word

adulterant

• n. That which adulterates; or reduces the purity of.

adulterating

• v. present participle of adulterate.

adulterator

• n. One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.

extraneous

• adj. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
• adj. Not essential or intrinsic.

foreign

• adj. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
• adj. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than…
• adj. Relating to a different nation.
• adj. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
• adj. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
• adj. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
• adj. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or…
• adj. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
• adj. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
• n. A foreign person, particularly.
• n. (obsolete) A foreign ship.
• n. (obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
• n. A foreign area, particularly.
• n. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.