Pure

/ˈpjʊə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "pure" (468 found)

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Adjective(12 words)

unadulterated virtuous abstract arrant blanca cleanclean waterclear errorclear processescomplete consummate double-dyed

above suspicionabsolute abstract academical aestheticall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracing all-encompassing all-out all-pervading angelic antiseptic artistic ascetic attic austere authentic bald

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bare basicbeyond all praiseblameless blank blasted bleached blessed blotlessbona fideborn bright broad-based candidcard carryingcard-carrying celibate chaste choice christian christlike christly ciceronian classic classical clean cleanly clear common commonplace complete comprehensive conceptual confounded congenital conjectural consummate continent correct creditable dainty decent decorousdeep dyeddeep-dyed defectless devout dinkum directdirt freedirt-free disinfected downright dry dulldyed-in-the-wooleasy

Noun(1 words)

absolute authority

Adjective(4 words)

bare-bones chaste cherry clean

Strong matches (140)

egregious elegant elementary erect essential estimable ethical everyday excellent exemplary exhaustive fair fastidious faultless finished flawlessfollowing the letterfrank freshfull of integrity

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fundamental gardengarden varietygarden-variety genuinegod fearinggod-fearing godlike godly godly-minded good graceful gracile gross guileless guiltless heavenlyhigh principledhigh-minded high-principledhighly respectableholy holy-minded homely homespun homogeneous honesthonest-to-godhonorable household hygienic hypothetical ideal immaculate impeccablein good tasteinartificial incorrupt inculpable indefectible indefective indivisible infallible infernal innocent intact intensive inviolable inviolate irreducible irreproachable justjust rightkosherlaw abidinglaw-abiding law-loving law-revering lawful lean legitimate lifelike limpid literal lucid maidenly main manlymatter-of-factmellow mere modest monolithic moral naked natural naturalistic neat noble nondescript nonpolluted notionalof a pieceof choiceof cleanly habitsof qualityomnibus omnipresent open ordinary original otherworldlyout-and-outoutright pasteurized peerless pellucid perfect perspicuous pervasive philosophical pious plain

Adjective(8 words)

everlasting gross ideational lamblike maidenlike moralnatural springperfect

Adjective(7 words)

flawless halal ideal immaculate kosher natural perfect

Noun(2 words)

karat munda

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plain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken pleasing plenary plumb polished primal primary principled proper prosaic prosing prosypure and simplepure in heartpurehearted quiet quintessential radical

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real realistic refined regular reputable respectable restrained rightright mindedright-minded righteous rightfulritually pureround rustic saintlike saintly sanitary seraphic severesexually innocentsheer shinysimon puresimon-pure simple simple-speaking sincere single sinless smut-free smutless snowy sober solid spare spartan speculative spiritual spiritual-minded spotless stainless stark sterile sterilized sterling straight straightforward subduedsure enoughsure-enough sweeping sweet tahar taintless tasteful terse theoretical thorough thoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtotal trim truetrue to lifetrue to naturetrue to realitytrue-dealing true-devoted true-disposing true-souled true-spirited truehearted tubbed ubiquitous unadorned unadulterated unaffected unalloyed unassumed unassuming unbesmirched unblamable unblemished unblotted uncluttered uncolored unconcocted unconditional uncontaminated uncopied uncorrupt uncorrupted uncounterfeited undefiled understated undifferenced undifferentiated undiluted undisguised undisguising undistorted unearthly unexaggerated unfabricated unfanciful unfaultable unfeigned unfeigning unfictitious unflattering unflawed uniform unimaginative unimagined unimitated unimpeachable uninvented universal unlabored unmitigated unmixed unmuddied unobtrusive unpoetical unpolluted unpretended unpretending unqualified unreserved unrestricted unromantic unsimulated unsmirched unsmudged unsoiled unspecious unspotted unstained unsullied unsynthetic untainted untarnished unvarnished unworldly upright uprighteous upstanding utter verbal verbatim veridical verisimilar veritable very vestal virgin virginal virtuous well-chosen well-scrubbed well-washed white whitened wholesale wholesomeword for wordword-for-wordworkaday workday worthy yeomanly

Adjective(11 words)

pristine raw simon-pure unadulterated uncontaminated undefiled unpolluted unsullied untainted untouched virgin

Adjective(30 words)

pristine ecosystemspristine surfacepurest purus saturatedsheer amountsheerest sodding staring stark theoreticaltheoretical ideathorough thoroughgoing unblemished unblended uncontaminatedundiluted liquidunmarred unmixed

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unmixed life formunmixed setunmixed solutionuntainteduntouched substancesutter vestal virgin virginalwhite bloom

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

abstract ideacharacteristicmoral qualitypropertytheoretical conceptvirtue

More specific

8 entries

chemical purityethical purityfood puritymoral puritypure logicpure mathematicspure theorywater purity

Collocations

5 entries

pure mathematicspure motivepure substancepure waterpurity level

Inflections

2 entries

purer purest

Derivations

8 entries

purely purer purest purified purifier purify purifying purity

Antonyms

1 entries

impure

similar

30 entries

axenic chaste clean clear fine fresh harmonious immaculate intense light native plain pristine processed sheerstraight up

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We arrived at that plan out of pure desperation, but the book sold well.

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These days, the motives for marriage are not necessarily pure.

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These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.

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These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure. Take Jennifer for example.

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