adjective · Easy SAT word

    Antiseptic

    decontaminator; thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

    Antiseptic in a sentence

    The nurse applied antiseptic solution to the open wound.

    Synonyms for antiseptic

    • sterile
    • clean
    • germfree

    Antonyms for antiseptic

    • contaminated
    • dirty
    • infected

    Practice antiseptic on real SAT questions

    Vocabulary like antiseptic appears on the Digital SAT in Words-in-Context questions, where you choose the word that fits a passage's meaning and tone. You can also drill this word with vocabulary flashcards.

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