Definitions

pristine

[pris-teen, pri-steen, pris-tahyn] / ˈprɪs tin, prɪˈstin, ˈprɪs taɪn /

ADJECTIVE

clean, pure; primeval

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immaculate intact natural snowy spotless sterile untouched

WEAK

earliest early first original primal purified refined sanitary stainless sterilized taintless unadulterated uncorrupted undebased unpolluted unsoiled unspotted unstained unsullied untainted untarnished virginal wholesome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affected dirty

Example Sentences

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“It’s not a pristine environment that we’re talking about here,” Duffy said.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Standing 36 feet tall, 57 feet long and 40 feet wide at final build, the piece was shipped to the festival in five loads to keep the fabric as pristine as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Could trying to make my beds look pristine be considered a breach of Airbnb rules?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

You wonder if its designers—the Tokyo-based firm SANAA—were mocking the pristine white box of the contemporary museum gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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