pure
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
free of extraneous elements of any kind
pure air and water
Related & opposite
- clean also see
- processed also see
- impure antonym
- purity attribute
- purity derivation
- axenic similar to
- clean similar to
- unclouded similar to
- fine similar to
- native similar to
- unmixed similar to
- pristine similar to
- sublimate similar to
- unadulterated similar to
- unalloyed similar to
- unpolluted similar to
- virginal similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
Related & opposite
- unsaturated antonym
- purity derivation
- intense similar to
Sense 3 adjective
free from discordant qualities
Related & opposite
- harmonious similar to
Sense 4 adjective
concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
pure science
Related & opposite
- theoretical similar to
Sense 5 adjective
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
in a state of sexual virginity
pure and vestal modesty
Related & opposite
- sexual morality derivation
- purity derivation
- vestal derivation
- virgin derivation
- virginity derivation
- sinlessness derivation
- chaste similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | clean |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | processed |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | impure |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | purity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purity |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | axenic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | clean |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unclouded |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fine |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | native |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmixed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pristine |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sublimate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unadulterated |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unalloyed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpolluted |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | virginal |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unsaturated |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | harmonious |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | theoretical |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | chaste |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | impure |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | morality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sinlessness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | undefiled |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | white |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual morality |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | purity |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | vestal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | virgin |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | virginity |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sinlessness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | chaste |