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Clean [kleen] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
clean [kleen]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not dirty; uncluttered
Synonyms: apple-pie order, blank, bright, cleansed, clear, delicate, dirtless, elegant, faultless, flawless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, laundered, neat, neat as a button, neat as a pin, orderly, pure, sanitary, shining, simple, snowy, sparkling, speckless, spic and span, spotless, squeaky, stainless, taintless, tidy, trim, unblemished, unpolluted, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, vanilla, washed, well-kept, white
Antonyms: cluttered, dirty, filthy, foul, polluted, stained, tarnished
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: chaste, virtuous
Synonyms: blameless, crimeless, decent, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, honorable, inculpable, innocent, modest, moral, respectable, sinless, undefiled, unguilty, unsullied, upright, wholesome
Antonyms: besmirched, defiled, impure, unchaste, unvirtuous
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: precise, sharp
Synonyms: clear, clear-cut, correct, definite, distinct, legible, neat, plain, readable, simple, trim, uncluttered
Antonyms: imprecise, indefinite, muddled
Example Sentences
  • More than a billion people don't have reliable access to clean drinking water.
  • Those who had been thinking clean thoughts were more likely to deem those practices immoral.
  • Crews worked around the clock in an attempt to clean up the oil before it could spread too far.
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Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: complete, thorough
Synonyms: absolute, conclusive, decisive, entire, final, perfect, total, unimpaired, whole
Antonyms: incomplete
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty, uncluttered
Synonyms: absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe
Antonyms: adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain
Main Entry: adept
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very able
Synonyms: accomplished, ace*, adroit, brainy, capable, clean*, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, expert, hot*, hotshot, know stuff, masterful, masterly, no dummy, no slouch, nobody's fool, on the ball, on the beam, practiced, proficient, quick, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack, skilled, skillful, slick, smooth, there, up to speed, versed, whiz*, wizard
Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, incompetent, inept, unskilled
Main Entry: adroit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very able or skilled
Synonyms: adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, hot tamale, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball, on the beam, proficient, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up to speed, up*, whiz*, wizard
Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled
Main Entry: antiseptic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating
Synonyms: antibacterial, antibiotic, aseptic, bactericidal, clean, disinfectant, germ-destroying, germ-free, germicidal, hygienic, medicated, prophylactic, pure, purifying, sanitary, sterile, sterilized, sterilizing, unpolluted
Antonyms: contaminated, polluted, unclean, unsanitary, unsterile
Main Entry: austere
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: grim, barren
Synonyms: bald, bare, bare-bones, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla
Antonyms: extravagant, luxurious
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