Similar Words

— axenic
— chaste
— clean
— clear
— fine
— fresh
— harmonious
— immaculate
— intemerate
— intense
— light
— native
— pair
— par
— pare
— pariah
— parry
— peer
— per
— pier
— plain
— poor
— pour
— power
— pray
— prey
— pristine
— processed
— prow
— pry
— purr
— purée
— pyre
— sheer
— sublimate
— theoretical
— unadulterated
— unalloyed
— unclouded
— uncontaminated
— undefiled
— unmingled
— unmitigated
— unmixed
— unpolluted
— virginal
— vivid
— white

Misspelling

ppure, pur, puree, purre, puure, ure

Pure — synonyms, pure antonyms, definition

1. pure (a)

153 synonyms

above-board absolute actual after deductions austere authentic bare basic blameless bona fide bracing candid celibate chaste clean clear complete conformant consecrated cool • • •

2. pure (Adjective)

11 synonyms

arrant consummate double-dyed everlasting gross saturated sodding staring stark thoroughgoing vestal

1 antonym

impure

7 definitions

pure (Adjective) — Free of extraneous elements of any kind. ex. "pure air and water" ex. "pure gold" ex. "pure primary colours" ex. "the violin's pure and lovely song" ex. "pure tones" ex. "pure oxygen"

pure (Adjective) — Without qualification; used informally as an (often pejorative) intensifier. ex. "pure folly"

pure (Adjective) — (of colour) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white, grey or black.

pure (Adjective) — Free from discordant qualities.

pure (Adjective) — Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied. ex. "pure science"

pure (Adjective) — (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless. ex. "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" ex. "pure as the driven snow"

pure (Adjective) — In a state of sexual virginity. ex. "pure and vestal modesty" ex. "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

3 see also

morality pureness purity