Pure

//ˈpjʊə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "pure" (489 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (98)

clean immaculate innocent theoretical unadulterated unalloyed unpolluted virginal white above suspicion absolute abstract academical aesthetic all embracing all out all pervading all-embracing all-encompassing all-out

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Adjective(18 words)

pristine untouched chaste clean natural virgin abject alone bare bare-bones blameless celibate cherry clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clean-handed clear crude

Adjective(3 words)

arrant complete consummate

Noun(2 words)

boo-boo boom-boom

Strong matches (147)

Noun(4 words)

dejection feces fudge ordure

devout dinkum direct dirt free dirt-free disinfected downright dry dull dyed-in-the-wool easy egregious elegant elementary erect essential estimable ethical everyday excellent

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exemplary exhaustive fair fastidious faultless fine finished flawless following the letter frank fresh full of integrity fundamental garden garden variety garden-variety genuine god fearing god-fearing godlike godly godly-minded good graceful gracile gross guileless guiltless harmonious heavenly high principled high-minded high-principled highly respectable holy holy-minded homely homespun homogeneous honest honest-to-god honorable household hygienic hypothetical ideal impeccable in good taste inartificial incorrupt inculpable indefectible indefective indivisible infallible infernal intact intensive inviolable inviolate irreducible irreproachable just just right kosher law abiding law-abiding law-loving law-revering lawful lean legitimate lifelike limpid literal lucid maidenly main manly matter-of-fact mellow mere modest monolithic moral naked native natural naturalistic neat noble nondescript nonpolluted notional of a piece of choice of cleanly habits of quality omnibus omnipresent open ordinary original otherworldly

Adjective(3 words)

double-dyed everlasting gross

Adjective(16 words)

dovelike flawless functional guiltless halal ideal immaculate innocent innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible kosher nonblameworthy not guilty offenseless only

Related words (244)

out-and-out outright pasteurized peerless pellucid perfect perspicuous pervasive philosophical pious plain plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken pleasing plenary plumb polished primal primary

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principled pristine proper prosaic prosing prosy pure and simple pure in heart purehearted quiet quintessential radical real realistic refined regular reputable respectable restrained right right minded right-minded righteous rightful ritually pure round rustic saintlike saintly sanitary saturated seraphic severe sexually innocent sheer shiny simon pure simon-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 straight up straightforward subdued sublimate sure enough sure-enough sweeping sweet tahar taintless tasteful terse thorough thoroughgoing through and through through-and-through total trim true true to life true to nature true to reality true-dealing true-devoted true-disposing true-souled true-spirited truehearted tubbed ubiquitous unadorned unaffected unassumed unassuming unbesmirched unblamable unblemished unblotted unclouded 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 unmingled unmitigated unmixed unmuddied unobtrusive unpoetical 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 vestal virgin virtuous well-chosen well-scrubbed well-washed whitened wholesale wholesome word for word word-for-word workaday workday worthy yeomanly

Adjective(24 words)

perfect raw righteous root and branch sackless simon-pure simple sinless stripped down unadulterated unblameable unblameworthy uncalculating uncontaminated undefiled unguilty unpolluted unprocessed unrefined unsullied

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untainted untreated very whole-ass

Adjective(13 words)

perfect saturated sodding staring stark thorough thoroughgoing unadulterated utter vestal virgin virginal virtuous

Noun(4 words)

poop shit stinky stool

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

1 entries

preserved

More specific

1 entries

virtuous

Antonyms

6 entries

applied contaminated corrupt dirty impure

Synonyms

4 entries

innocent saturated unadulterated virginal

Related terms

7 entries

purification purify purism purist puritan puritanism purity

at location

2 entries

hertfordshire united kingdom

derived

58 entries

as pure as the driven snow enantiopure fullblood hyperpure immunopure nanopure nonpure pure O pure air pure and simple pure as driven snow pure as the driven snow pure blue pure cancer pure collector pure country

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form of

1 entries

puer

has context

4 entries

euphemistic golf liverpool phonetics

is a

1 entries

company

related to

28 entries

behavior chaste clean consonant degree discordant exceedingly extremely feces harmonic immoral leather overtone pollutant processed purification

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similar

47 entries

axenic chaste clean clear fine fresh harmonious immaculate intense light native

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Translations

228 translations across 73 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

καθαρός adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
ἁγνός adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Arabic

4 entries

اَلصَّافِي adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
اَلصَّافِي adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
صَافٍ adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
صَافٍ adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Armenian

2 entries

անարատ adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
անարատ adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Asturian

2 entries

puru adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puru adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

saf adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
saf adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
təmiz adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
xalis adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Basque

1 entries

garbi adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Belarusian

2 entries

чы́сты adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
чы́сты adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

पवित्र adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Bulgarian

3 entries

безупречен adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
непорочен adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
чист adj (of a branch of science: done for its own sake)

Catalan

3 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
pur adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

پەتی adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ڕوون adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
ڕەسەن adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ڕەسەن adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

純 /纯 adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
純 /纯 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

清白 adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
純 /纯 adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
純淨 /纯净 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
純潔 /纯洁 adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Cornish

1 entries

pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Czech

2 entries

ryzí adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
čistý adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Danish

2 entries

fejlfri adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ren adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Dutch

4 entries

onverontreinigd adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puur adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Egyptian

1 entries

wab-mw adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Esperanto

2 entries

pura adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pura adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Estonian

4 entries

puhas adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puhas adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puhas adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
siiras adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Finnish

4 entries

kirkas adj (of sound: without harmonics or overtones)
pelkkä adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puhdas adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puhdas adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

French

2 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Galician

2 entries

puro adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puro adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Georgian

3 entries

სრულყოფილი adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
სუფთა adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
უბიწო adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

German

4 entries

einfach adj (phonetics: of a single, simple sound or tone)
pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (of sound: without harmonics or overtones)
rein adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Greek

4 entries

άψογος adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
αγνός adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
θεωρητικός adj (of a branch of science: done for its own sake)
καθαρός adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Hebrew

1 entries

טָהוֹר adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Hindi

4 entries

ख़ालिस adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
विमल adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
शुद्ध adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
शुद्ध adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Hungarian

4 entries

elméleti adj (of a branch of science: done for its own sake)
hamisítatlan adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
merő adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puszta adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Icelandic

2 entries

hreinn adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
hreinn adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Ido

1 entries

pura adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Ingrian

1 entries

aima adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Interlingua

1 entries

pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Italian

4 entries

mero adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puro adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puro adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puro adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Japanese

4 entries

清らか adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
純粋 adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
純粋な adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
純粋な adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Korean

4 entries

맑다 adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
맑다 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
맑다 adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
순수한 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Latgalian

1 entries

ceists adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Latin

4 entries

merus adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
purus adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
purus adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
pūrus adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Latvian

4 entries

nevainīgs adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
tīrs adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
tīrs adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
tīrs adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

cysty adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
cysty adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Malay

1 entries

tulen adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Maltese

4 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
pur adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
pur adj (of a branch of science: done for its own sake)

Marathi

1 entries

शुद्ध adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Māori

4 entries

horomata adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
horomata adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
horomata adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
matatika adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Norman

2 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Norwegian

2 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ren adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

rein adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
ren adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

rein adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Occitan

2 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

чистъ adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Old English

3 entries

clǣne adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
clǣne adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
clǣne adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آری adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
آری adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
تمیز adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ساده adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Persian

3 entries

محض adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
ناب adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
پاک adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

rein adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
rein adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
rein adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Polish

3 entries

czysty adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
czysty adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
czysty adj (of sound: without harmonics or overtones)

Portuguese

4 entries

puro adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puro adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puro adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
bem adv (extremely)

Romanian

4 entries

cast adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
curat adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Russian

2 entries

чи́стый adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
чи́стый adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Sanskrit

2 entries

चौक्ष adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
पावक adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Spanish

3 entries

lígrimo adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
puro adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
puro adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Swedish

4 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
pur adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
ren adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ren adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Tagalog

2 entries

tagnas adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
tagnas adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Tamil

4 entries

தூய adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
தூய adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
வெள்ளை adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)
மிகவும் adv (extremely)

Thai

3 entries

บริสุทธิ์ adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
บริสุทธิ์ adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
บุญ adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Tocharian B

1 entries

astare adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Turkish

4 entries

arı adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
saf adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
saf adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)
saf adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎉𐎅𐎗 adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Ukrainian

2 entries

чи́стий adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
чи́стий adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Uzbek

1 entries

soʻm adj (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thuần khiết adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Welsh

1 entries

pur adj (free of flaws or imperfections)

Yiddish

2 entries

ריין adj (free of flaws or imperfections)
ריין adj (free of foreign material or pollutants)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (18380)

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

Source: tatoeba (18708)

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

Source: tatoeba (18726)

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

Source: tatoeba (18727)

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