sanitary

san·i·tary

adjective \ˈsa-nə-ˌter-ē\

: of or relating to good health or protection from dirt, infection, disease, etc.

: free from dirt, infection, disease, etc.

Full Definition of SANITARY

1

:  of or relating to health <sanitary measures>

2

:  of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste <a sanitary sewer system>

3

:  characterized by or readily kept in cleanliness <sanitary packages>

— san·i·tar·i·ly \ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ə-lē\ adverb

Examples of SANITARY

1. <the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick>

Origin of SANITARY

French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas

First Known Use: 1838

Related to SANITARY

Synonyms

aseptic, germfree, hygienic, sterile

Antonyms

germy, insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary, unsterile

Related Words

germproof; antibacterial, antibiotic, antiseptic, germicidal, microbicidal; clean, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied; beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome; pure, taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted; abluted, bleached, cleansed, purified, scrubbed, washed, whitened

Near Antonyms

infectious, miasmic, pathogenetic, pathogenic, poisonous, sickening, toxic; bedraggled, besmirched, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smirched, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly, unwashed; insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; defiled, polluted, tainted, unsterilized

Other Civil Engineering Terms

asphalt, ballast, barrage, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with SANITARY

actuary, adversary, airy-fairy, ancillary, antiquary, apiary, arbitrary, aviary, axillary, bacillary, beriberi, bestiary, biliary, black raspberry, Bloody Mary, boysenberry, breviary, budgetary, calamari, calamary, candleberry, Canterbury, capillary, carpellary, cassowary, catenary, cautionary, cavitary, cemetery, centenary, certiorari, checkerberry, chinaberry, cometary, commentary, commissary, condottiere, coralberry, corollary, coronary, culinary, customary, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, dromedary, dysentery, elderberry, emissary, estuary, farkleberry, February, formulary, fragmentary, fritillary, functionary, funerary, honorary, huckleberry, intermarry, janissary, January, lamasery, lapidary, lectionary, legendary, legionary, lingonberry, literary, loganberry, luminary, mammillary, mandatary, maxillary, medullary, mercenary, miliary, military, millenary, milliary, millinery, missionary, momentary, monastery, mortuary, necessary, ordinary, ossuary, partridgeberry, pensionary, pigmentary, planetary, Pondicherry, prebendary, presbytery, pulmonary, quaternary, red mulberry, reliquary, rowanberry, salivary, salmonberry, salutary, sanctuary, sanguinary, secondary, secretary, sedentary, seminary, silverberry, solitary, sour cherry, stationary, stationery, statuary, subcontrary, sublunary, sugarberry, sumptuary, syllabary, temporary, tertiary, thimbleberry, Tipperary, Tom and Jerry, topiary, tributary, tutelary, Typhoid Mary, unitary, urinary, vestiary, Virgin Mary, visionary, voluntary, vulnerary, Waterbury, whortleberry, winterberry

san·i·tary

adjective \ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SANITARY

1

: of or relating to health <sanitary measures>

2

: of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste <sanitary sewage>

3

: characterized by or readily kept in cleanliness <sanitary food handling>

—san·i·tari·ly \ˌsan-ə-ˈter-ə-lē\ adverb