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Exact Match:

clean

free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

not carrying concealed weapons

(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"

free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"

(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"

not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"

ritually clean or pure

thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"

(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"

morally pure; "led a clean life"

without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight"

free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air"

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"

free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"

completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"

remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"

remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug"

make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely"

be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily"

Synonyms:

• Christian,
• Daedalian,
• absolute,
• absolutely,
• acknowledge,
• adept,
• admit,
• adroit,
• all-embracing,
• all-encompassing,
• all-out,
• all-pervading,
• altogether,
• antiseptic,
• apt,
• artistic,
• authoritative,
• bath,
• bathe,
• blameless,
• bleach,
• bleached,
• blotless,
• born,
• bowdlerize,
• bravura,
• bright,
• brighten,
• brilliant,
• broad-based,
• chaste,
• clarify,
• clean,
• clean out,
• clean up,
• clean-cut,
• cleanly,
• cleanse,
• cleansed,
• clear,
• clear out,
• clever,
• come clean,
• comely,
• completely,
• comprehensive,
• confess,
• congenital,
• consummate,
• coordinated,
• crack,
• crackerjack,
• creditable,
• cunning,
• cute,
• daedal,
• dainty,
• decent,
• decontaminate,
• decontaminated,
• deep-dyed,
• definite,
• deft,
• delouse,
• deplete,
• depurate,
• deterge,
• dexterous,
• dextrous,
• diplomatic,
• dirt-free,
• disinfect,
• disinfected,
• do,
• do up,
• downright,
• dry-clean,
• dust,
• dust off,
• dyed-in-the-wool,
• egregious,
• empty,
• entirely,
• erect,
• estimable,
• ethical,
• evacuate,
• even,
• excellent,
• exhaust,
• exhaustive,
• expert,
• expurgate,
• fair,
• fancy,
• fastidious,
• faultless,
• fresh,
• freshen,
• full of integrity,
• fully,
• furbish,
• good,
• goodish,
• graceful,
• guiltless,
• gut,
• handy,
• high-minded,
• high-principled,
• highly respectable,
• honest,
• honorable,
• immaculate,
• immaculately,
• impeccable,
• inculpable,
• ingenious,
• innocent,
• inoffensive,
• intensive,
• inviolate,
• irreproachable,
• irretrievably,
• irrevocably,
• just,
• kosher,
• launder,
• lave,
• law-abiding,
• law-loving,
• law-revering,
• lustrate,
• magisterial,
• manly,
• masterful,
• masterly,
• modest,
• mop,
• moral,
• neat,
• neaten,
• no mean,
• noble,
• nonpolluted,
• of cleanly habits,
• omnibus,
• omnipresent,
• order,
• out-and-out,
• outright,
• own up,
• perfect,
• perfectly,
• pervasive,
• plain,
• plumb,
• police,
• polish,
• politic,
• principled,
• professional,
• proficient,
• pure,
• pure in heart,
• purehearted,
• purely,
• purge,
• purified,
• purify,
• quick,
• quite,
• quite some,
• radical,
• ready,
• recondition,
• reform,
• regular,
• renew,
• renovate,
• reputable,
• resourceful,
• respectable,
• reveal,
• right,
• right-minded,
• righteous,
• ritually pure,
• sanitary,
• sanitize,
• scavenge,
• scour,
• scrub,
• scrubbed,
• sexually innocent,
• shapely,
• sheer,
• shining,
• shiny,
• simple,
• sing,
• skillful,
• slick,
• smooth,
• smut-free,
• smutless,
• snowy,
• some,
• sparkling,
• spill the beans,
• sponge,
• sportsmanlike,
• sportsmanly,
• spotless,
• spotlessly,
• spruce,
• stainless,
• stark,
• statesmanlike,
• steam-clean,
• sterile,
• sterling,
• straight,
• straighten out,
• straighten up,
• stylish,
• sweep,
• sweep out,
• sweeping,
• sweet,
• sweeten,
• tactful,
• tahar,
• taintless,
• the compleat,
• the complete,
• thorough,
• thoroughgoing,
• thoroughly,
• through-and-through,
• tidy,
• total,
• totally,
• trim,
• true-dealing,
• true-devoted,
• true-disposing,
• true-souled,
• true-spirited,
• truehearted,
• tubbed,
• ubiquitous,
• unadulterated,
• unarmed,
• unbesmirched,
• unblemished,
• unblotted,
• unclutter,
• uncomplicated,
• unconditional,
• uncontaminated,
• uncorrupt,
• uncorrupted,
• undefiled,
• unimpeachable,
• uninfected,
• universal,
• unmitigated,
• unmixed,
• unmuddied,
• unpolluted,
• unqualified,
• unrelievedly,
• unreserved,
• unrestricted,
• unsmirched,
• unsmudged,
• unsoiled,
• unspoiled,
• unspotted,
• unstained,
• unsullied,
• untainted,
• untarnished,
• upright,
• uprighteous,
• upstanding,
• utter,
• utterly,
• vacuum,
• veritable,
• virtuoso,
• virtuous,
• wash,
• wash up,
• weaponless,
• well-done,
• well-favored,
• well-formed,
• well-made,
• well-proportioned,
• well-scrubbed,
• well-shaped,
• well-washed,
• white,
• whiten,
• whitened,
• wholesale,
• wholesome,
• wholly,
• wipe,
• wipe off,
• wipe out,
• wipe up,
• workmanlike,
• worthy,
• yeomanly