Thesaurus / tar
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synonyms for tar
- bluejacket
- boater
- cadet
- diver
- jack-tar
- lascar
- marine
- mariner
- mate
- middy
- navigator
- pilot
- pirate
- salt
- seafarer
- seaman
- shipmate
- swab
- tarpaulin
- windjammer
- able-bodied sailor
- circumnavigator
- deck hand
- hearty
- midshipman/woman
- old salt
- sea dog
- sea person
- shellback
- swabber
- swabbie
- water dog
- yachter
- drug
- heroin
- morphine
- opiate
- poppy
- codeine
- dope
- hypnotic
- papaverine
- soporific
- brown stuff
- sleep-inducer
- boater
- cadet
- diver
- marine
- pilot
- bluejacket
- jack
- lascar
- mariner
- mate
- middy
- navigator
- pirate
- salt
- seafarer
- shipmate
- swab
- tarpaulin
- windjammer
- able-bodied sailor
- circumnavigator
- deck hand
- hearty
- midshipman/woman
- old salt
- sea dog
- sea person
- shellback
- swabber
- swabbie
- water dog
- yachter
- mariner
- beachcomber
- gob
- mate
- merman
- middy
- midshipman
- navigator
- pilot
- sailor
- old salt
- seafarer
- skipper
- cockswain
- jacky
- sea dog
- besmirch
- debase
- degrade
- desecrate
- discolor
- dishonor
- sully
- vitiate
- abuse
- adulterate
- befoul
- contaminate
- deflower
- dirty
- disgrace
- hurt
- maculate
- molest
- pollute
- profane
- rape
- ravish
- seduce
- shame
- smear
- soil
- stain
- taint
- tarnish
- trash
- make foul
- mess up
- muck up
- scuzz up
- blacken
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- begrime
- blotch
- blur
- coat
- contaminate
- corrupt
- debase
- defile
- discolor
- encrust
- foul
- grime
- muddy
- mung
- pollute
- rot
- smoke
- smutch
- spatter
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- sweat
- taint
- tarnish
- besoil
- make dusty
- make impure
- mess up
- assail
- contravene
- attack
- blast
- break
- contradict
- cross
- deny
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- question
- resist
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- call into question
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- cut to shreds
- disaffirm
- pin something on
- put down
- run down
- skin alive
- stick it to
- swipe at
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- zing
- debase
- pervert
- abuse
- befoul
- blaspheme
- contaminate
- curse
- cuss
- damn
- darn
- despoil
- flame
- hoodoo
- misuse
- mock
- pollute
- prostitute
- revile
- scorn
- swear
- trash
- violate
- vitiate
- voodoo
- be evil
- commit sacrilege
- commit sin
- do wrong
- mudsling
- put double whammy on
- talk dirty
- vice
- besmirch
- blur
- coat
- dab
- daub
- plaster
- smudge
- spatter
- spray
- sprinkle
- stain
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- apply
- bedaub
- cover
- defile
- dirty
- discolor
- overlay
- overspread
- patch
- slop
- soil
- besmirch
- contaminate
- debase
- degrade
- muddy
- pollute
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- bedraggle
- befoul
- begrime
- crumb
- defile
- dirty
- discolor
- disgrace
- foul
- grime
- maculate
- mess
- muck
- muss
- shame
- spatter
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- mess up
- muck up
- muss up
- besmirch
- blacken
- contaminate
- daub
- discolor
- dye
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- tarnish
- tint
- animalize
- bastardize
- bestialize
- blemish
- blot
- brutalize
- color
- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- defile
- demoralize
- deprave
- disgrace
- mark
- pervert
- soil
- spot
- tinge
- drag through the mud
- besmirch
- blacken
- corrupt
- debase
- defile
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- smear
- smudge
- taint
- tarnish
- blot
- contaminate
- debauch
- dirty
- mark
- spot
- drag through the mud
- make unclean
- besmirch
- blight
- cloud
- corrupt
- damage
- discredit
- harm
- hurt
- infect
- muddy
- poison
- pollute
- smear
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- tarnish
- adulterate
- blacken
- blemish
- blot
- blur
- brand
- cook
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- decay
- decompose
- defile
- deprave
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disintegrate
- doctor
- foul
- putrefy
- rot
- shame
- soil
- spike
- stigmatize
- trash
- turn
- water
- break down
- cast a slur
- crud up
- give a bad name
- water down
- damage
- defame
- dim
- dull
- embarrass
- harm
- hurt
- impair
- mar
- muddy
- pollute
- smear
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- befoul
- begrime
- blacken
- blemish
- blot
- contaminate
- darken
- defile
- discolor
- disgrace
- grime
- injure
- pale
- rust
- slander
- smudge
- soil
- spot
- vitiate
- lose luster
- lose shine
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use tar in a sentence
The tar that holds old metal roofs together sometimes melts.
POSTCARD FROM THERMAL: SURVIVING THE CLIMATE GAP IN EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEYBY ELIZABETH WEIL AND MAURICIO RODRÍGUEZ PONSAUGUST 17, 2021PROPUBLICABy taring the weight, you can use one bowl for all of your ingredients.
BEST KITCHEN SCALES: THIS HANDY KITCHEN ESSENTIAL IS A MUST-HAVE FOR BAKING AND BEYONDIRENA COLLAKUJULY 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAn additional complication to the cleanup, Mowers said, was that if the liquid tar sets for a period, it can harden on the road.
PART OF BELTWAY REOPENS, HOURS AFTER A CRASH WHERE A TRACTOR-TRAILER SPILLED HOT ASPHALTDANA HEDGPETHJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn the tobacco case, they went out and found all the studies where mice painted with tobacco tar didn’t get cancer.
WHY MISINFORMATION IS ABOUT WHO YOU TRUST, NOT WHAT YOU THINK - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSBRIAN GALLAGHER & KEVIN BERGERMAY 26, 2021NAUTILUSIf they’re going to get tarred as privacy-invasive, no amount of payoff is worth it.
FACEBOOK IS ‘NOT A RESEARCHERS-FRIENDLY SPACE’ SAY ACADEMICS ENCOUNTERING ROADBLOCKS TO ANALYZING ITS 2020 ELECTION AD DATAKATE KAYEMAY 4, 2021DIGIDAYSome of the activities that the financing contributed to include controversial projects such as mining tar sands oil, tapping offshore reserves, and fracking.
SWITCHING YOUR BANK MIGHT HELP SLOW THE CLIMATE CRISISULA CHROBAKDECEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe huff phase involves injecting scalding steam down wellbores, then letting the heat melt the tar.
OIL COMPANIES ARE PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL SPILLS. AND CALIFORNIA LETS THEM.BY JANET WILSON, THE DESERT SUN, AND LYLLA YOUNES, PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICAThis is not the first time in history when the lack of a ha'porth of tar has spoilt the ship of State.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWe may burn coal and thus change is appearance, but its particles are all there, in the form of gas, ashes or tar.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARDShortly before ten, two tar-barrels were observed burning in a north-easterly direction.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO TAR
- assail
- attack
- blast
- break
- call into question
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- contradict
- contravene
- cross
- cut to shreds
- deny
- disaffirm
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- pin something on
- put down
- question
- resist
- run down
- skin alive
- slam
- smear
- stick it to
- swipe at
- tar
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- zing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.