stainless

¹stain·less

adj \ˈstān-ləs\

Definition of STAINLESS

1

: free from stain or stigma <the stainless purity of his boyish life — Oscar Wilde>

2

a : highly resistant to stain or corrosion b : made from materials resistant to stain <stainless silverware>

— stain·less·ly adverb

Examples of STAINLESS

1. <nothing less than a perfectly stainless sheet of parchment would do for a diploma>

First Known Use of STAINLESS

circa 1586

Related to STAINLESS

Synonyms: antiseptic, chaste, fair, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, clean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

Antonyms: besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, grubby, smirched, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleaned

Related Words: pure, taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome; cleanly, germfree, hygienic, sanitary, sterile; abluted, bleached, cleansed, purified, scrubbed, washed, whitened; milky, snowy, white; flawless, unblemished; bright, shiny, sparkling

Near Antonyms: dingy, greasy, grimy, mucky, muddy, unwashed; defiled, germy, polluted, tainted, unsterile, unsterilized; blackened, discolored

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Rhymes with STAINLESS

brainless, grainless, painless