Mac helped me carry the vacuum cleaner.
Source: tatoeba (32543)
Cleaner
/ˈkliː.nə/
Synonyms for "cleaner" (84 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
abstergentcatharticcharcharwomancleaner-offcleaner-upcleaning agentcleaning ladycleaning mancleaning solventcleaning womancleanser
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (25)
Noun(13 words)
cleansing agentcleanup utilitycustodiandata cleaning programdata cleansing tooldata scrubberdetergentdetergentsdry cleanerhoovershousekeeperhousekeepershygienic
cleansing creamcold creamcreamcustodiandentifricedepurantdetergentdisinfectantdiureticemeticenemaholystone
Related words (42)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: abstergent, cathartic, char, charwoman, charwomen.
- Sentence evidence is available for cleaner, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "cleaner".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "cleaner"
Keep "cleaner" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "cleaner" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "cleaner", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "cleaner" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
22 entrieschemicaldata qualityformulationjackjoblaborerlabourermanual laborermarket keeperoccupationpreparationproductprofessionprogrampropertyquality
Showing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
18 entriescarpet cleanerdataset cleanerdecontaminateddenoised datadish soapfiltered datahand soaphotel cleanerhouse cleanerimage cleanerindustrial cleanerlog cleanernormalized dataoffice cleanersanitizedsterilized
Showing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
11 entriescarpet cleanercleaner datacleaner energycleaner environmentscleaner facilitiescleaner productioncleaner surfaceshouse cleanerindustrial cleanerprofessional cleanerwindow cleaner
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- pastrues noun (person who cleans)
- pastruese noun (person who cleans)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καθαρτής noun (person who cleans)
Arabic
2 entries- مُنَظِّف noun (person who cleans)
- مُنَظِّفَة noun (person who cleans)
Armenian
2 entries- հավաքարար noun (person who cleans)
- հավաքարարուհի noun (person who cleans)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- süpürgəçi noun (person who cleans)
Basque
1 entries- garbitzaile noun (person who cleans)
Belarusian
4 entries- прыбіра́льнік noun (person who cleans)
- прыбіра́льніца noun (person who cleans)
- прыбіра́льшчык noun (person who cleans)
- прыбіра́льшчыца noun (person who cleans)
Bulgarian
2 entries- чиста́ч noun (person who cleans)
- чиста́чка noun (person who cleans)
Burmese
1 entries- သန့်ရှင်းရေးသမား noun (person who cleans)
Catalan
1 entries- netejador noun (person who cleans)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 清潔工 /清洁工 noun (person who cleans)
Czech
2 entries- uklízeč noun (person who cleans)
- uklízečka noun (person who cleans)
Danish
2 entries- pudser noun (person who cleans)
- skraldemand noun (person who cleans)
Dutch
2 entries- schoonmaakster noun (person who cleans)
- schoonmaker noun (person who cleans)
Esperanto
1 entries- purigisto noun (person who cleans)
Estonian
1 entries- koristaja noun (person who cleans)
Finnish
2 entries- siistijä noun (person who cleans)
- siivooja noun (person who cleans)
French
2 entries- nettoyeur noun (person who cleans)
- nettoyeuse noun (person who cleans)
Galician
1 entries- limpador noun (person who cleans)
Georgian
2 entries- დამლაგებელი noun (person who cleans)
- მწმენდავი noun (person who cleans)
German
4 entries- Gebäudereiniger noun (person who cleans)
- Gebäudereinigerin noun (person who cleans)
- Putzfrau (charwoman) noun (person who cleans)
- Putzmann noun (person who cleans)
Greek
2 entries- καθαρίστρια noun (person who cleans)
- καθαριστής noun (person who cleans)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְנַקֶּה noun (person who cleans)
Hindi
2 entries- क्लीनर noun (person who cleans)
- सफ़ाईकार noun (person who cleans)
Hungarian
3 entries- bejárónő noun (person who cleans)
- takarító noun (person who cleans)
- takarítónő noun (person who cleans)
Icelandic
2 entries- hreingerningarmaður noun (person who cleans)
- ræstingarkona noun (person who cleans)
Italian
2 entries- addetta alle pulizie noun (person who cleans)
- addetto alle pulizie noun (person who cleans)
Japanese
2 entries- 掃除婦 noun (person who cleans)
- 清掃員 noun (person who cleans)
Kazakh
2 entries- сыпырушы noun (person who cleans)
- тазалаушы noun (person who cleans)
Khmer
2 entries- អ្នកបោសជូត noun (person who cleans)
- អ្នកបោសសំអាត noun (person who cleans)
Korean
3 entries- 소제부 noun (person who cleans)
- 청소부 noun (person who cleans)
- 청소부 noun (person who cleans)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тазалагыч noun (person who cleans)
Latvian
2 entries- apkopēja noun (person who cleans)
- apkopējs noun (person who cleans)
Lithuanian
2 entries- valytoja noun (person who cleans)
- valytojas noun (person who cleans)
Macedonian
2 entries- чистач noun (person who cleans)
- чистачка noun (person who cleans)
Mongolian
1 entries- цэвэрлэгч noun (person who cleans)
Norman
1 entries- nettisseux noun (person who cleans)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- reinholder noun (person who cleans)
- renholder noun (person who cleans)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- reinhaldar noun (person who cleans)
Persian
1 entries- نِظافَتْچی noun (person who cleans)
Polish
2 entries- sprzątacz noun (person who cleans)
- sprzątaczka noun (person who cleans)
Portuguese
1 entries- limpador noun (person who cleans)
Romanian
2 entries- femeie de serviciu noun (person who cleans)
- om de serviciu noun (person who cleans)
Russian
2 entries- убо́рщик noun (person who cleans)
- убо́рщица noun (person who cleans)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neach-glanaidh noun (person who cleans)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- čistàčica noun (person who cleans)
- čìstāč noun (person who cleans)
- чиста̀чица noun (person who cleans)
- чѝста̄ч noun (person who cleans)
Slovak
2 entries- upratovač noun (person who cleans)
- upratovačka noun (person who cleans)
Slovene
4 entries- snažilec noun (person who cleans)
- snažilka noun (person who cleans)
- čistilec noun (person who cleans)
- čistilka noun (person who cleans)
Spanish
1 entries- limpiador noun (person who cleans)
Swedish
2 entries- städare noun (person who cleans)
- städerska noun (person who cleans)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagalinis noun (person who cleans)
Tajik
1 entries- фаррош noun (person who cleans)
Tatar
1 entries- җыештыручы noun (person who cleans)
Thai
1 entries- คนทำความสะอาด noun (person who cleans)
Turkish
2 entries- hademe noun (person who cleans)
- temizlikçi noun (person who cleans)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прибира́льник noun (person who cleans)
- прибира́льниця noun (person who cleans)
Urdu
1 entries- کِلِینَر noun (person who cleans)
Uzbek
2 entries- farrosh noun (person who cleans)
- tozalovchi noun (person who cleans)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người quét dọn nhà cửa noun (person who cleans)
Volapük
3 entries- hiklinükan noun (person who cleans)
- jiklinükan noun (person who cleans)
- klinükan noun (person who cleans)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I'd like to send my dress to a dry cleaner.
Source: tatoeba (36857)
The tar won't come off. I'm going to have to take this skirt to the dry cleaner.
Source: tatoeba (41242)
The river has become much cleaner than before.
Source: tatoeba (45763)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "cleaner"?
Closest matches include abstergent, cathartic, char, charwoman, charwomen.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "cleaner"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.