Stain Synonyms and Antonyms

stān
To soil
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. discolor
  2. spot
  3. bestain
  4. taint
  5. smut
To contaminate the reputation of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tarnish
  2. sully
  3. smudge
  4. soil
  5. taint
  6. defile
  7. befoul
  8. besmear
  9. besmirch
  10. bespatter
  11. blacken
  12. blemish
  13. blot
  14. blotch
  15. cloud
  16. blur
  17. brand
  18. denigrate
  19. color
  20. contaminate
  21. dirty
  22. corrupt
  23. debase
  24. smear
  25. discolor
  26. discoloration
  27. disgrace
  28. smut
  29. dishonor
  30. dye
  31. flaw
  32. mark
  33. spatter
  34. paint
  35. pigment
  36. maculate
  37. ruin
  38. speck
  39. spot
  40. stigma
  41. tincture
  42. tinge
  43. tint
  44. trace
A discolored mark made by smearing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blot
  2. smirch
  3. blotch
  4. discoloration
  5. smudge
  6. splotch
  7. smear
  8. spot
  9. blemish
  10. mottle
  11. stained spot
  12. daub
  13. stigma
  14. brand
  15. blot-on-the-escutcheon
  16. something the matter
  17. ink spot
  18. spatter
  19. drip
  20. smutch
  21. speck
  22. discolouration
Antonyms:
  1. cleanliness
  2. blank
To color
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. color
  2. dye
  3. tint
  4. tincture
  5. lacquer
Antonyms:
  1. clean
A mark of discredit or disgrace
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stigma
  2. blot
  3. taint
  4. brand
  5. black eye
  6. blemish
  7. onus
  8. spot
  9. mark
  10. tarnish
  11. attaint

Words Related to Stain

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Stain Sentence Examples

  • It has a stain on it and a rip in the arm pit.

  • She raised the flashlight, her attention caught by the dark stain on his white shirt.

  • I can't let the stain set, and I'm not working late.

  • In the morning she rolled out of her bed before the sun could stain the sky.

  • To be distinguished from this word is " soil," to make dirty, to stain, defile.

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