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Clean

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Similar meaning 46

Adroit 84% connected

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

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Adroit 84% connected

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

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Antiseptic 84% connected

Alt. of Antiseptical

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Antiseptic 84% connected

Alt. of Antiseptical

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Cleanly 84% connected

Habitually clean; pure; innocent.

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Cleanly 84% connected

Habitually clean; pure; innocent.

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Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Cosher 84% connected

To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

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Cosher 84% connected

To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

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Easy 84% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Easy 84% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fresh 84% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Fresh 84% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Immaculate 84% connected

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

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Immaculate 84% connected

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Legible 84% connected

Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

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Legible 84% connected

Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

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Moral 84% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Moral 84% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Pristine 84% connected

Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pris…

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Pristine 84% connected

Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pris…

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Pure 84% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Pure 84% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Scrubbed 84% connected

of Scrub

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Scrubbed 84% connected

of Scrub

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Spick 84% connected

A spike or nail.

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Spick 84% connected

A spike or nail.

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Spotless 84% connected

Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.

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Spotless 84% connected

Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.

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Unarmed 84% connected

Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.

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Unarmed 84% connected

Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.

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Unspotted 84% connected

Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.

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Unspotted 84% connected

Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.

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Unused 84% connected

Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

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Unused 84% connected

Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

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Washed 84% connected

of Wash

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Washed 84% connected

of Wash

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Broader term 15

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Deprive 76% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

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Divest 76% connected

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Straighten 76% connected

To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tidy 76% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Manner of action 18

Bathe 76% connected

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

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Bream 76% connected

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

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Brush 76% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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Disinfect 76% connected

To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

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Douche 76% connected

A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

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Dust 76% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

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Floss 76% connected

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

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Lather 76% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Launder 76% connected

A washerwoman.

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Lave 76% connected

To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.

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Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Preen 76% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Scavenge 76% connected

To cleanse, as streets, from filth.

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Soap 76% connected

A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkali…

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Steam 76% connected

The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Vacuum 76% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

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Wash 76% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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Derivationally related 12

Cleaner 74% connected

One who, or that which, cleans.

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Cleaner 74% connected

One who, or that which, cleans.

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Cleanness 74% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Cleanness 74% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Cleanser 74% connected

One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

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Cleanser 74% connected

One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

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Scavenger 74% connected

A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any ani…

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Scavenger 74% connected

A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any ani…

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Component part 1

Jerk 70% connected

To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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Decent 66% connected

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

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Decent 66% connected

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

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Pure 66% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Pure 66% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Tidy 66% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Tidy 66% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Attribute 2

Cleanness 66% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Cleanness 66% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Fair 66% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Synonym 15

Blank 92% connected

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Cleanse 92% connected

To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

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Clear 92% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Fair 92% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fairly 92% connected

In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

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Fresh 92% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Light 92% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Neat 92% connected

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

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Pick 92% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Plum 92% connected

The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.

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Plumb 92% connected

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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Scavenge 92% connected

To cleanse, as streets, from filth.

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Sporting 92% connected

of Sport

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Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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White 92% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Antonym 8

Dirty 94% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 94% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Grime 94% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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Grime 94% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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Impure 94% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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Impure 94% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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