polluter C2+ Topic:People & Society US /pəˈlutɚ/ UK /pəˈluːtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or organization that releases harmful substances into the environment The factory was named the region's worst industrial polluter. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or organization... contaminatordefilerdespoilerfouler Word family Related forms pollutepollutedpollutionpollutant Etymology AI details From pollute (from Latin polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -er. polluere Latin luere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # polluter **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pəˈlutɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /pəˈluːtə/ ## Meanings 1. a person or organization that releases harmful substances into the environment ## Examples - The factory was named the region's worst industrial polluter. ## Synonyms - contaminator - defiler - despoiler - fouler ## Related Forms - pollute - polluted - pollution - pollutant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: polluere - Root: luere ## Etymology From pollute (from Latin polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -er. ## AI Etymology Polluter is from pollute (from Latin polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -er. Important recorded forms include polluere (Latin) and luere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person or organization that releases harmful substances into the environment. The wider family includes related words such as pollute, polluted, pollution, and pollutant. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown