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clean
adjective as in not dirty; uncluttered
Strongest matches
blank, bright, clear, elegant, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, neat, orderly, pure, simple, spotless, squeaky clean, tidy, unblemished, washed
Weak matches
delicate, dirtless, faultless, flawless, neat as a button, neat as a pin, sanitary, snowy, spick-and-span, taintless, unpolluted, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, well-kept
adjective as in sterile
Strong matches
antiseptic, clarified, decontaminated, disinfected, purified, sanitary, sterilized
Weak matches
unadulterated, uncontaminated, uninfected, unpolluted, unsullied
adjective as in chaste, virtuous
adjective as in precise, sharp
adjective as in complete, thorough
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verb as in to free of dirt and clutter
Strongest matches
bathe, brush, cleanse, clear up, disinfect, dredge, dust, mop, pick, pick up, rinse, scrape, scrub, soak, spruce up, sweep, vacuum, wash, wipe
Strong matches
bath, blot, cauterize, clarify, deodorize, deterge, edulcorate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, neaten, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, sanitize, scald, scour, shampoo, soap, sponge, sterilize, swab, whisk, winnow
Weak matches
absterge, clear the decks, depurate, do up, elutriate, rout out, shake out, straighten up, tidy up
Example Sentences
At another club, against another goalkeeper, Kelleher may well have hoped four clean sheets in eight games may have been enough to keep his place.
In 2003, during his previous stint with the LAPD, McDonnell helped clean up the park, but he concedes it’s in “pretty desperate straits” today, calling it “a magnet for activity that has been detrimental to the neighborhood.”
She said the school needed a "clean slate".
When people feel economically pinched, they often try to clean house.
He brooded over the dwindling supplies of clean water and that too many people were competing for too little of it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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