nontoxic

See also: non-toxic

English

Alternative forms

• non-toxic

Etymology

From non- +‎ toxic.

Adjective

nontoxic (not comparable)

1. Not toxic; not poisonous.

   Synonyms: atoxic, nonpoisonous

   Antonyms: poisonous, toxic

   Hypernyms: harmless, innocuous

   • 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Danish: ugiftig (da)
• Dutch: atoxisch (nl)
• Finnish: myrkytön (fi)
• French: atoxique (fr)
• German: ungiftig (de), atoxisch (de)
• Italian: atossico (it)
• Marathi: बिनविषारी (binviṣārī)
• Polish: atoksyczny, nietoksyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: atóxico (pt)
• Romanian: atoxic
• Spanish: atóxico (es)
• Swedish: ogiftig (sv)

Noun

nontoxic (plural nontoxics)

1. A substance that is not toxic.
   • 1997, Karen Logan, Clean House Clean Planet, page 101:

     I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics.

   • 2008, Phil Bourjaily, “New Age Birdshot”, in Field & Stream, volume 113, number 2, page 26:

     The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.