Synonyms for venomous
ˈvɛn ə məsven·omous

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1. venomousadjective

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, toxic, noxious

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

2. venomousadjective

   Full of venom.

   The villain tricked him into drinking the venomous concoction.

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, toxic, noxious

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

3. venomousadjective

   Toxic; poisonous.

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, noxious, toxic

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

4. venomousadjective

   Noxious; evil.

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, toxic, noxious

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

5. venomousadjective

   Malignant; spiteful; hateful.

   His attitude toward me is utterly venomous.

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, noxious, toxic

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

6. venomousadjective

   Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.

   Do venomous spiders have glands?

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, toxic, noxious

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

7. venomousadjective

   powerful

   Synonyms:
   noxious, poisonous, toxic

   Antonyms:
   non-venomous

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1. venomous

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, malignant, virulent, slanderous

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, salubrious, genial, flattering, kindly

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1. deadly, venomous, virulentadjective

   extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

   "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

   Synonyms:
   virulent, blistering, pestilent, mortal(a), pernicious, sulfurous, mortal, baneful, acerbic, sulphurous, caustic, deathly, lethal, acrid, poisonous, vicious, deadly, acid, vitriolic, bitter, acerb

   Antonyms:
   unmalicious, atoxic, nontoxic

2. poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective

   marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

   "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

   Synonyms:
   virulent, toxicant, deplorable, savage, barbarous, reprehensible, fell, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, cruel, poisonous, evil, vicious, deadly, brutal

   Antonyms:
   nontoxic, atoxic, unmalicious

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. venomousadjective

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, noxious, baneful

2. venomousadjective

   Synonyms:
   malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous

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1. List of paraphrases for "venomous":

   poisonous

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How to use venomous in a sentence?

1. Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department:

   It appears they have congregated for mating, they are non-venomous and generally not aggressive as long as people do not disturb them.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.

3. Greg Neely:

   We studied the biggest, most venomous and scary one, our drug works on the big beast. We don't know yet if it works on other jellyfish, but we know it works on the most-deadly one.

4. Pippa Canning:

   [He] asked me, ‘if you get bitten by a venomous snake in Australia, do you go to heaven?’ i said ‘Yes,’ and then he went down.

5. Geoff Porter:

   More often than not, when the head of the snake is cut off, a more venomous one grows in its place, that is certainly a possibility here –- and there are no shortage of aspiring jihadis who are likely eager to pick up Belmokhtar's mantle.