cleanliness

Noun

Meaning

State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

epidemiology honor clean integrity purity cleaning clarity sanitation innocence hygiene chastity regimen freshness disinfection clearness
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Antonyms

uncleanliness clay scruff death blight lint
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Hypernyms

use habit trait

Hyponyms

neatness tidiness fastidiousness

Related terms

cleanness

Phrases with the word

stickler for cleanliness body's cleanliness personal cleanliness cleanliness and order

Examples

Anti-Semitism is exactly the same as delousing. Getting rid of lice is not a question of ideology, it is a matter of cleanliness. In just this same way anti-Semitism for us has not been a question of ideology but a matter of cleanliness. Heinrich Himmler

[Nietzsche] attributes to himself an extremely vivid and sensitive instinct of cleanliness. At the first contact the filth lying at the base of another's nature is revealed to him. The unclean are therefore ill at ease hi his presence. Georg Brandes

If I had a brick for every time I've repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I'd probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them. Ray Kroc

Cleanliness is half your health. Czech Proverb

Cleanliness is half-health. Hungarian Proverb

Cleanliness is the luxury of the poor. Mexican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cleanlier cleanliest cleanlily cleanliness and order cleanly cleanness