adjadj.allfree of extraneous elements of any kindAttributes:pureness purity
Examples:- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:purenesspurity
Inherited Hypernyms:pure
Similar to:axenic clean clear light unclouded clean fresh fine native plain sheer unmingled unmixed pristine straight up sublimate unadulterated unalloyed uncontaminated unpolluted virginal
See also:clean processed
adj satadj.allwithout qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiersSynset:arrant complete consummate double-dyed everlasting gross perfect sodding staring stark thorough thoroughgoing unadulterated utter
Examples:- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thorough nuisance
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
Antonyms:mitigated
Inherited Hypernyms:arrant
Similar to:unmitigated
adjadj.all(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or blackSynset:saturated
Antonyms:unsaturated
Derivationally Related Form:pureness
Inherited Hypernyms:saturated
Similar to:intense vivid
adjadj.all(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinlessAttributes:morality
Examples:- I felt pure and sweet as a new baby - Sylvia Plath
- pure as the driven snow
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:purenesspurity
Inherited Hypernyms:pure
Similar to:immaculate undefiled white
See also:chaste
adj satadj.allin a state of sexual virginitySynset:vestal virgin virginal virtuous
Examples:- pure and vestal modesty
- a spinster or virgin lady
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Antonyms:unchaste
Derivationally Related Form:vestalvirginvirginitypuritypurenessvirtue
Inherited Hypernyms:pure
Similar to:chaste