Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pollute

1 sense of pollute

Sense 1
pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake")
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")