Antonyms for pure
pyʊərpure

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1. pureadjective

   Antonyms:
   contaminated, impure

   Synonyms:
   perfect, innocent

2. pureadjective

   free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied

   You’re pure busy.

   Antonyms:
   contaminated, impure, applied

   Synonyms:
   innocent, perfect

3. pureadjective

   free of foreign material or pollutants

   Antonyms:
   applied, impure, contaminated

   Synonyms:
   innocent, perfect

4. pureadjective

   free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean

   Antonyms:
   impure, contaminated, applied

   Synonyms:
   innocent, perfect

5. pureadjective

   of a branch of science, done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

   Synonyms:
   perfect, innocent

   Antonyms:
   applied, contaminated, impure

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1. pure

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pure

   Antonyms:
   foul, turbid, impure, adulterated, corrupt, sullied, stained, tarnished, defiled, mixed, guilty

   Synonyms:
   clear, unmixed, simple, genuine, sheer, mere, absolute, unadulterated, uncorrupted, unsullied, unblemished, chaste, real, clean, spotless, immaculate, undefiled, unspotted, guileless, innocent, guiltless

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pureadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   applied, alloyed, impure, technical grade, debased, muddied, muddy, bastardized, unpurified, dirty, polluted, unchaste, contaminated, adulterated, mitigated, adulterate, defiled, dingy, inharmonious, bastardised, unharmonious, maculate, technical-grade

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

2. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   dingy, alloyed, impure, contaminated, mitigated, bastardised, bastardized, unharmonious, dirty, inharmonious, debased, adulterated, adulterate, unpurified, technical grade, muddied, polluted, unchaste, technical-grade, applied, muddy, defiled, maculate

3. saturated, pureadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   defiled, unpurified, contaminated, debased, applied, technical-grade, unchaste, technical grade, muddy, impure, maculate, adulterated, bastardized, dingy, mitigated, muddied, dirty, bastardised, inharmonious, unharmonious, adulterate, alloyed, polluted

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), concentrated, unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), complete(a), arrant(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

4. pureadjective

   free from discordant qualities

   Antonyms:
   impure, adulterate, unharmonious, mitigated, adulterated, polluted, applied, defiled, maculate, inharmonious, alloyed, unchaste, muddy, technical grade, bastardized, debased, technical-grade, contaminated, muddied, dingy, unpurified, dirty, bastardised

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

5. pureadjective

   concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

   "pure science"

   Antonyms:
   defiled, adulterate, bastardized, technical-grade, contaminated, unharmonious, mitigated, debased, unpurified, adulterated, technical grade, unchaste, muddied, bastardised, impure, applied, maculate, muddy, inharmonious, alloyed, polluted, dirty, dingy

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

6. pureadjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   muddied, maculate, polluted, bastardised, adulterate, alloyed, mitigated, inharmonious, dingy, muddy, contaminated, applied, unharmonious, bastardized, adulterated, debased, unpurified, technical-grade, impure, defiled, technical grade, dirty, unchaste

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

7. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuousadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   polluted, muddied, dirty, adulterate, technical-grade, impure, mitigated, muddy, alloyed, bastardised, technical grade, unchaste, unharmonious, applied, debased, maculate, defiled, adulterated, unpurified, contaminated, dingy, inharmonious, bastardized

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), virtuous, perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, vestal

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1. pureadjective

   Antonyms:
   impure

   Synonyms:
   chaste, virtuous, innocent, undefiled, unpolluted, inviolated, unspotted, immaculate, virgin, incorrupt, impeccable, inviolable, unadulterated, unalloyed, unsophisticated, simple, refined, genuine, uncontaminated

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1. corrupt

   no adulteration or admixture.

   the words of the lord are pure, making wise the simple.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 27, 2021  

How to use pure in a sentence?

1. Karen Fox:

   It was pure amazement, i’m still amazed.

2. Andrew Biggs:

   We’re going way, way beyond a pure safety net program, here we’re looking at a retirement program for middle income and upper income people.

3. Jim Meskimen:

   Like everyone else, I’m hugely impressed by how far he’s come as an actor, this was a rap artist from Philly who's now a mammoth star. But he’s always had a tremendous amount of personal magneticsm. Somebody once said on set that he had an Elvis vibe. I’ve never met Elvis, but he certainly has this very attractive quality. He’s a guy you want to spend time with and hear what he has to say. And when you’re a superstar, there’s an impulse to share everything with us. That’s very risky. But it also demonstrates personal freedom that, I think, we all aspire to. But even then, he demonstrated pure talent, humor, skill and inventiveness. He’s pretty irresistible.

4. Adam Sarhan:

   Today you're bouncing off a 50-day moving average, which is a pure technical play. The fundamentals are improving a little bit because the situation in Ukraine did not explode. That was a concern over the weekend. Also, Greece hasn't fallen off the radar.

5. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed.

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