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| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmixed, genuine |
| Synonyms: | authentic, bright, classic, clear, complete, fair, flawless, kosher*, limpid, lucid, natural, neat, out-and-out*, pellucid, perfect, plain, plenary, real, simple, straight, total, transparent, true, unadulterated, pure and simple, twenty-four carat, unalloyed, unclouded, undiluted, unmingled |
| Antonyms: | impure, mixed, ungenuine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clean, uncontaminated |
| Synonyms: | immaculate, pristine, refined, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, unadulterated, unblemished, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, wholesome, disinfected, germ-free, intemerate, pasteurized, purified, taintless, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, untainted |
| Antonyms: | dirty, tainted, contaminated, polluted |
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | virginal, chaste |
| Synonyms: | blameless, celibate, clean, continent, decent, exemplary, fresh, good, guileless, honest, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, kid, modest, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, true, unblemished, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, babe in woods, inviolate, lily white, maidenly, pure as driven snow, unblighted, uncorrupted, unprofaned, unspotted, wet behind ears, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirty, immodest, indecent, obscene, vulgar, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, utter |
| Synonyms: | blessed*, complete, confounded, infernal*, mere, out-and-out, sheer, thorough, unmitigated, unqualified, blasted |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, uncertain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved |
| Antonyms: | applied |
| Main Entry: | angelic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweet, kind, and usually beautiful |
| Synonyms: | adorable, beatific, beneficent, celestial, devout, divine, entrancing, ethereal, godly, good, heavenly, holy, humble, innocent, lovely, otherworldly, pure, radiant, rapturous, righteous, saintly, self-sacrificing, seraphic, virtuous, archangelic, cherubic |
| Antonyms: | demonic, devilish, fiendish, unkind |
| Main Entry: | antiseptic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating |
| Synonyms: | antibiotic, aseptic, clean, hygienic, prophylactic, pure, sanitary, sterile, sterilized, antibacterial, bactericidal, disinfectant, germ-destroying, germ-free, germicidal, medicated, purifying, sterilizing, unpolluted |
| Antonyms: | unclean, unsanitary, contaminated, polluted, unsterile |
| Main Entry: | artless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple |
| Synonyms: | direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, unadorned, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front, talking turkey, uncontrived |
| Antonyms: | artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | authentic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, genuine |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, authoritative, bona fide, certain, convincing, credible, creditable, dependable, factual, faithful, legitimate, official, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, valid, veritable, for real, legit, twenty-four carat |
| Notes: | genuine means not fake or counterfeit - or sincerely felt or expressed, while authentic means conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief and trust |
| Antonyms: | counterfeit, fake, false, falsified, unauthorized, unreal, ungenuine |
| Main Entry: | blameless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not responsible |
| Synonyms: | above suspicion, clean, clear, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, perfect, pure, righteous, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unsullied, untarnished, upright, virtuous, clean-handed, crimeless, guilt-free, in the clear, irreprehensible, not guilty, unoffending, unspotted |
| Antonyms: | culpable, guilty, responsible, impeachable, reproachable |
| Main Entry: | celibate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abstaining from sexual activity |
| Synonyms: | chaste, continent, pure, virgin, virtuous, virginal |
| Antonyms: | active, promiscuous |
| Main Entry: | dewy-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent |
| Synonyms: | green, inexperienced, naive, pure, sinless, undefiled, unworldly, dovelike, uncorrupted, wide-eyed |
| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, see-through |
| Synonyms: | clear, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent, chiffon, cobweblike |
| Antonyms: | opaque, thick |
| Main Entry: | eco-rich |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possessing an abundance of natural resources |
| Synonyms: | bountiful, clean, flowing, full, green, natural, plentiful, pure, rich |
| Main Entry: | exemplary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ideal |
| Synonyms: | admirable, blameless, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, correct, estimable, excellent, good, guiltless, honorable, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, laudable, meritorious, model, praiseworthy, punctilious, pure, quintessential, representative, righteous, sterling, typical, virtuous, worthy, batting a thousand, bueno, irreprehensible, neato, not bad, not too shabby, paradigmatic, prototypical |
| Antonyms: | erring, incorrect, wrong, unideal |
| Main Entry: | faultless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having nothing wrong with it |
| Synonyms: | accurate, blameless, classic, clean, correct, exemplary, exquisite, faithful, flawless, foolproof, guiltless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, intact, irreproachable, model, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, stainless, supreme, textbook*, unblemished, unsullied, whole, above reproach, crimeless, errorless, on target, right on, unguilty, unspotted |
| Antonyms: | imperfect, tainted, blemished, flawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guiltless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameless, not responsible |
| Synonyms: | clean, clear, exemplary, faultless, free, good, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, pure, righteous, sinless, spotless, unimpeachable, unsullied, untarnished, virtuous, crimeless, untainted |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, guilty, immoral, sinful, wrong, blameful |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
| Synonyms: | angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, undefiled, unworldly, upright, venerable, virtuous, glorified, messianic, pietistic, prayerful, revered, sainted, saintlike, uncorrupt, untainted, venerated |
| Antonyms: | depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, vile, wicked, unsacred |
| Main Entry: | hygienic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clean |
| Synonyms: | aseptic, good, healthful, healthy, pure, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sterile, wholesome, disinfected, germ-free, salutiferous, uncontaminated, uninfected |
| Antonyms: | dirty, diseased, filthy, foul, unclean, unsanitary, contaminated, infected, unpure, unsterile |
| Main Entry: | impeccable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | above suspicion; flawless |
| Synonyms: | accurate, aces, clean, correct, exact, exquisite, faultless, immaculate, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, perfect, precise, pure, right, sinless, stainless, ten*, unblemished, unerring, unimpeachable, A-okay, apple-pie, errorless, fleckless, incorrupt, note-perfect, on target, unflawed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defective, imperfect, suspicious, wrong, blemished, flawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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