Synonyms of pure

Adjective

1. pure (vs. impure), axenic, clean, fresh, clean, clear, light, unclouded, fine, native, plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed, pristine, sublimate, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, unpolluted, virginal, clean, processed

usage: free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"

2. arrant(prenominal), complete(prenominal), consummate(prenominal), double-dyed(prenominal), everlasting(prenominal), gross(prenominal), perfect(prenominal), pure(prenominal), sodding(prenominal), stark(prenominal), staring(prenominal), thoroughgoing(prenominal), utter(prenominal), unadulterated, unmitigated (vs. mitigated)

usage: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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 thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

3. saturated (vs. unsaturated), pure, intense, vivid

usage: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

4. pure, harmonious (vs. inharmonious)

usage: free from discordant qualities

5. pure, theoretical (vs. applied)

usage: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"

6. pure (vs. impure), immaculate, undefiled, white, chaste

usage: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

7. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous, chaste (vs. unchaste)

usage: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

Definition and meaning of pure (Dictionary)