Another word for pure
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Adjective
Not diluted or mixed with other substances
- Free from other elements; pure:
- Not diluted or mixed with other substances.
- Unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
- Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
- Having no waves or bends:
- Not bent or bowed; rigid or erect:
- Free from obstructions; open; clear:
- Obvious to the perception or mind; evident:
- Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
- Orderly and clean; tidy:
- Habitually tidy or well-organized:
- Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit:
Free from extraneous elements
- Free from other elements; pure:
- Not diluted or mixed with other substances.
- Unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
- Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure:
- Out-and-out; utter:
- Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate:
- Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
- Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part:
- To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.
- A swerving or deviating course.
- The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
- Free from obstructions; open; clear:
- Obvious to the perception or mind; evident:
- Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
- Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
- Being without defect or blemish:
- Thoroughly skilled or talented in a certain field or area; proficient.
- Unqualified in extent or degree; total:
- Not limited by restrictions or exceptions:
- Being fully such; utter:
See also:Completely such, without qualification or exception
- Used as an intensive:
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- In a direct manner; bluntly:
- At top speed:
- To send forth with the voice:
- To articulate (words); pronounce or speak:
- To put (counterfeit currency or a forged check or instrument) into circulation:
- Not held back for a particular person:
- Given without reservation; unqualified:
- Exhibiting no reserve:
- Not relieved:
- Continuous or unvarying:
- Lacking the proper or required qualifications:
- Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute:
- Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved:
- Without qualification or exception; absolute:
- Having no restrictions or controls:
- Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite:
- Without qualification or exception; absolute:
- Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous:
- Having no boundaries or limits:
- Not kept within bounds; unrestrained:
- An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
- The whole amount of something; the entirety:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire:
- Very thorough; complete:
- Unmitigated; unqualified:
- Exhaustively complete:
- Painstakingly accurate or careful:
- Absolute; utter:
- To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.
- A swerving or deviating course.
- The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
- Free from obstructions; open; clear:
- Obvious to the perception or mind; evident:
- Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
- Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
- Being without defect or blemish:
- Thoroughly skilled or talented in a certain field or area; proficient.
- Without reservation or qualification; openly:
- Completely and entirely; wholly:
- At once; straightway:
- Complete; thoroughgoing:
- Having a smooth, even surface:
- Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
- Being in horizontal position; lying down:
- Thoroughgoing; unequivocal:
- Forthright; candid.
- Thoroughly; absolutely.
- Having lost life; no longer alive.
- Marked for certain death; doomed:
- Having the physical appearance of death:
- In various religions, condemned to eternal punishment.
- Destined to an unhappy fate:
- Deserving condemnation; detestable:
- Total; absolute:
- To bring to completion or fruition; conclude:
- To realize or achieve; fulfill:
- To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.
- Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
- Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
- Having come to an end; concluded:
- Completely such; thoroughgoing:
- With every possible effort:
- Unqualified in extent or degree; total:
- Not limited by restrictions or exceptions:
- Being fully such; utter:
Free from evil and corruption
- Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Untouched or unsullied; fresh:
- Inexperienced:
- Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
- Not dyed or discolored.
- Pure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.
- Free from stain, blemish, evil or corruption; immaculate; uncorrupted.
- Lacking blemishes or faults:
- without sin; innocent
- White as a lily.
- Beyond reproach; blameless:
- Consisting of white people only or excluding nonwhite people.
- Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless:
- Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
- Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
- of an angel or the angels; spiritual; heavenly
- like an angel in beauty, goodness, innocence, etc.
Idioms:Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Untouched or unsullied; fresh:
- Inexperienced:
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
- Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
- Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
- Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
- Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident:
- Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.
- Abstaining from sexual relations that are not sanctioned by certain religious laws or moral principles.
- Abstaining from sexual relations; celibate.
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Another word for pure
Modifier
Not mixed
- Orderly and clean; tidy:
- Habitually tidy or well-organized:
- Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit:
- Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent.
- Transparently clear in style or meaning:
- Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
- Having no waves or bends:
- Not bent or bowed; rigid or erect:
- Clearly expressed; easily understood:
- Thinking or expressing oneself clearly, especially between periods of confusion; clearheaded:
- Brightly lit; luminous:
- Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid.
- Free from clouds or haze:
- Easily intelligible; clear:
- Capable of transmitting light so that objects or images can be seen as if there were no intervening material.
- Permeable to electromagnetic radiation of specified frequencies, as to visible light or radio waves.
- So fine in texture that it can be seen through; sheer.
- Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; shining.
- Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
- Full of light or illumination:
- Of pleasing appearance, especially because of a pure or fresh quality; comely.
- Light in color, especially blond:
- Of light complexion:
- Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous:
- Not counterfeit; real or genuine:
- Conforming to the characteristics or criteria of a group or type; typical:
- Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence:
- True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal:
- Of or founded on practical matters and concerns:
- Belonging to the highest rank or class.
- Serving as the established model or standard:
- Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.
- Not diluted or mixed with other substances.
- Unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
- Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character:
- Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic:
- Honestly felt or experienced:
- Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
- Not obscured or darkened; bright:
- Easily seen through; transparent:
- Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate:
- Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
- Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part:
- Not in mixture with other metals; pure.
- Complete; unqualified:
- Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure:
- Out-and-out; utter:
- Free from other elements; pure:
Clean
- Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
- Free of impurities; purified.
- Precise to a fine degree.
- Of or relating to health or the protection of health.
- Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic:
- Not contaminated:
- simple past tense and past participle of pasteurize
- Simple past tense and past participle of sterilize.
- simple past tense and past participle of disinfect
- Lacking blemishes or faults:
- Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure:
- Out-and-out; utter:
- Not dyed or discolored.
- Pure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.
- Having no spots.
- Morally upright.
- Without stain or blemish:
- Resistant to stain or corrosion:
- Made of a stainless material:
- Perfectly clean:
- Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
- Impeccably clean; spotless:
- Free from sin.
- Free from fault or error:
Antonyms:Chaste
- Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.
- Abstaining from sexual relations that are not sanctioned by certain religious laws or moral principles.
- Abstaining from sexual relations; celibate.
- Abstaining from sexual relations.
- Remaining unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
- One who abstains from sexual relations.
- One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
- The mainland of Europe. Used with the.
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
See also:Innocent
- Perfectly clean:
- Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
- without sin; innocent
Theoretical
- Of, relating to, or based on a system of philosophy.
- Characteristic of a philosopher, as in equanimity, enlightenment, and wisdom.
- Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional:
- Indicating a lack of confidence or certainty; hesitant:
- (UK) Not proved.
See also:Absolute
- Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
- Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
- Having come to an end; concluded:
- To send forth with the voice:
- To articulate (words); pronounce or speak:
- To put (counterfeit currency or a forged check or instrument) into circulation:
- To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.
- A swerving or deviating course.
- The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
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