'Toxic' definitions:
Definition of 'toxic'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Toxic'
From: GCIDE
- Toxic \Tox"ic\, Toxical \Tox"ic*al\, a. [L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. toxiko`n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Cf. Intoxicate.] Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'toxic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baleful,
- baneful,
- catching,
- communicable,
- contagious,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- damaging,
- deadly,
- deleterious,
- destructive,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- envenomed,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- infectious,
- infective,
- injurious,
- lethal,
- malefic,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmatic,
- miasmic,
- mischievous,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- ominous,
- pernicious,
- pestiferous,
- pestilential,
- poison,
- poisonous,
- prejudicial,
- scatheful,
- toxicant,
- toxiferous,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- virulent