Entry Word: pure

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 free from added matter <Iʼm allergic to any jewelry that isnʼt pure silver> <the solution must be kept pure for the experiment to work>

Synonyms absolute, fine, neat, plain, purified, refined, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmixed

Related Words clarified, filtered, refined; clean, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted; rendered, tried; concentrated, full-bodied, strong; uncombined

Near Antonyms befouled, besmirched, contaminated, corrupted, debased, defiled, fouled, polluted, soiled, spoiled, sullied, tainted; amalgamated, blended, coalesced, combined, commingled, compounded, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled; conjoined, fused, joined, linked, united; cheapened, doctored, watered (down)

Antonyms adulterated, alloyed, diluted, impure, mixed

2 free from any trace of the coarse or indecent <the humor in the movie is as pure and wholesome as any parent could wish> — see chaste
3 free from sin <in one beatitude those who are pure in heart are promised the sight of God> — see innocent 1
4 having no exceptions or restrictions <that story is pure nonsense> — see absolute 2