antifouling
adjective, noun
antifouling is an adjective meaning “That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-F-O-U-L-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antifouling mean?
adjective
- 1
That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
noun
- 1
Any substance that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antifouling
- antifoulings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antifouling?
Antifouling appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antifouling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on surf:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | anti-incrustação |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antifouling come from?
From anti- + fouling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).