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| Main Entry: | |
| 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, pure and simple, real, simple, straight, total, transparent, true, twenty-four carat, unadulterated, unalloyed, unclouded, undiluted, unmingled |
| Antonyms: | impure, mixed, ungenuine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | virginal, chaste |
| Synonyms: | babe in woods, blameless, celibate, clean, continent, decent, exemplary, fresh, good, guileless, honest, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, true, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirty, immodest, indecent, obscene, unchaste, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, utter |
| Synonyms: | blasted, blessed*, complete, confounded, infernal, mere, out-and-out, sheer, thorough, unmitigated, unqualified |
| 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: | absolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without limit |
| Synonyms: | complete, consummate, downright, entire, flat out, free, full, infinite, no catch, no fine print, no holds barred, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, no strings attached, outright, plenary, pure, sheer, simple, straight out, supreme, thorough, total, unabridged, unadulterated, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted, utter |
| Antonyms: | accountable, circumscribed, limited, restricted, tractable |
| Main Entry: | angelic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweet, kind, and usually beautiful |
| Synonyms: | adorable, archangelic, beatific, beneficent, celestial, cherubic, devout, divine, entrancing, ethereal, godly, good, heavenly, holy, humble, innocent, lovely, otherworldly, pure, radiant, rapturous, righteous, saintly, self-sacrificing, seraphic, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | demonic, devilish, fiendish, unkind |
| 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: | artless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple |
| Synonyms: | direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front |
| 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, for real, legit, legitimate, official, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, twenty-four carat, valid, veritable |
| 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, ungenuine, unreal |
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