Entry Word: sanitary

Function: adjective

Meaning: free from filth, infection, or dangers to health <the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldnʼt get sick>

Synonyms aseptic, germfree, hygienic, sterile

Related Words antibacterial, antibiotic, antiseptic, germicidal; clean, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied; beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

Near Antonyms pathogenic; bedraggled, besmirched, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly; insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

Antonyms insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary