clean-shaven

adjective

clean-shav·​en ˈklēn-ˈshā-vən 

: having the hair shaved off

His colorful language is as much a part of his image as his clean-shaven head and bulging biceps.

—Roman Modrowski

especially : having a shaved face : having no beard or mustache

Her ideal mate is at least 6-foot-3, athletic and either clean-shaven or sporting a nice goatee.

—Ebony

Examples of clean-shaven in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one case, an order from Jamba Juice was assigned to a bearded man named Aram, but the person who arrived appeared significantly younger and clean-shaven. —Amy Corral, CBS News, 12 May 2026

Mangione, his feet shackled, wore a tan jail suit and sported a chinstrap beard at Friday's hearing, a departure from his usual clean-shaven look. —Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026

In a new trailer for The Death of Robin Hood released on January 6, Jackman swaps out his clean-shaven ethos for a rugged silver fox transformation, complete with a long grizzled beard and wiry gray hair. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026

With his pale, almost clean-shaven head, and his Adam’s apple sticking out. —Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for clean-shaven

• engraven
• unshaven
• craven
• flavin
• graven
• haven
• maven
• pavan
• raven
• shaven
• riboflavin