Word info Synonyms Antonyms

clean

Speech parts

1. clean - Noun

2. clean - Adjective

3. clean - Verb

4. clean - Adverb

6. clean - Adjective Satellite

7. Clean - Proper noun

Meaning

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

Free from ceremonial defilement.

Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.

Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.

Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Show all antonyms

Derivatives

Anagrams

Examples

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones. Publilius Syrus

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean. Dag Hammarskjöld

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. Ken Thompson

A new broom sweeps clean. English Proverb

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it -- not to feed from it. Bulgarian Proverb

The best asset is a clean conscience. Polish Proverb

Close letter words and terms