» dirt

Words people most associate with “dirt”:

  1. mud,
  2. soil,
  3. dirty,
  4. earth,
  5. ground

[via wordassociation.org]

Noun (4 meanings)

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

soil, dirt

dirt is a type of:
  • earth, ground (noun) - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
types of dirt:
  • Indian red (noun) - a red soil containing ferric oxide
  • alluvial soil (noun) - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
  • bog soil (noun) - poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation
  • bole (noun) - a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
  • caliche, hardpan (noun) - crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
  • clay (noun) - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
  • clunch (noun) - hardened clay
  • desert soil, desertic soil (noun) - a type of soil that develops in arid climates
  • fuller's earth (noun) - an absorbent soil resembling clay
  • gilgai soil (noun) - soil in the melon holes of Australia
  • gumbo, gumbo soil (noun) - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
  • humus (noun) - partially decomposed organic matter
  • indurated clay (noun) - hardened clay
  • laterite (noun) - a red soil produced by rock decay
  • loam (noun) - a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
  • loess (noun) - a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
  • marl (noun) - a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite
  • mold, mould (noun) - loose soil rich in organic matter
  • mud, clay (noun) - water soaked soil
  • podzol, podzol soil, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil (noun) - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation
  • prairie soil (noun) - a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates
  • regosol (noun) - a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand
  • residual soil, residual clay (noun) - the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved
  • sand (noun) - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
  • sedimentary clay (noun) - clay soil formed by sedimentary deposits
  • silt (noun) - mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  • subsoil, undersoil (noun) - the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock
  • till, boulder clay (noun) - unstratified soil deposited by a glacier
  • topsoil, surface soil (noun) - the layer of soil on the surface
  • tundra soil (noun) - a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions
  • wiesenboden (noun) - a dark meadow soil rich in organic material

2. the state of being covered with unclean things.

dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge

dirt is a type of:
dirt is derivationally related to:
  • to grease (verb) - lubricate with grease
  • to stain (verb) - produce or leave stains

3. obscene terms for feces.

crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd

dirt is a type of:
dirt is derivationally related to:
Domain of synset - USAGE:

4. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.

scandal, dirt, malicious gossip

dirt is a type of:
dirt is derivationally related to:

Adjective (1 meaning)

1. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel.

dirt, ungraded

dirt is similar to:
  • unimproved (adjective) - not made more desirable or valuable or profitable