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clean
adjective as in not dirty; uncluttered
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blank, bright, clear, elegant, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, neat, orderly, pure, simple, spotless, squeaky clean, tidy, unblemished, washed
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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
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antiseptic, clarified, decontaminated, disinfected, purified, sanitary, sterilized
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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
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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
A potentially greater challenge for the SRF is coming at year-end, when efforts to clean up balance sheets for financial reports can boost competition for overnight loans.
By opening larger stores in affluent neighborhoods, Goodwill is well positioned for when wealthy donors clean out their closets.
“Our house didn’t burn down, but it was full of soot inside. The insurance said, ‘We’ll clean it for you.’
“It seemed like the market was saying it’s extremely unlikely” that there will be a cut, Zakalik said, following delayed September unemployment data released on Thursday that “was not perfectly clean.”
Exxon Mobil said it had been seeking a buyer for several months and it would clean up and then demolish the site once production ends.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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