Meanings
alternative non-toxic
- not comparableNot toxic; not poisonous.
The Try Guys, like everyone making a living online, were inevitably shaped by their audience’s desires: They and their fans all had their hands on the Ouija board, and together they conjured a nontoxic brand of masculinity — until Fulmer flicked the lights on, exposing the fantasy.
2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times MagazineSynonyms: atoxic, nonpoisonous · Antonyms: poisonous, toxic
plural nontoxics · alternative non-toxic
- A substance that is not toxic.
I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics.
1997, Karen Logan, Clean House Clean Planet, page 1011 more example
The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.
2008, Phil Bourjaily, “New Age Birdshot”, in Field & Stream, volume 113, number 2, page 26
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot producing or resulting from poison
adjectivesafe to eat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishnon-
- Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
- Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
- Latintoxicum
- Latintoxicu
- Frenchtoxique
- Englishtoxic
- Englishnontoxic
Translations
Danish ugiftig
- ugiftignot toxic
Dutch atoxisch
- atoxischnot toxic
Finnish myrkytön
- myrkytönnot toxic
French atoxique
- atoxiquenot toxic
German ungiftig, atoxisch
- ungiftignot toxic
- atoxischnot toxic
Italian atossico
- atossiconot toxic
Polish atoksyczny, nietoksyczny
- atoksycznynot toxic
- nietoksycznynot toxic
Portuguese atóxico
- atóxiconot toxic
Romanian atoxic
- atoxicnot toxic
Spanish no tóxico
- no tóxiconot toxic
Swedish ogiftig
- ogiftignot toxic
Cite this entry
nontoxic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontoxic
“nontoxic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontoxic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nontoxic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontoxic.
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