CLEANED Synonyms: 159 Similar and Opposite Words

cleaned 1 of 2

adjective

as in spotless

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cleaned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of clean

as in rinsed

to remove the dirt from we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity

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as in removed

to take the internal organs out of cleaned the rabbit before cooking it

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Recent Examples of cleaned

Verb

Buckets overflowed with conch and clams, and customers pointed to whole fish on ice to be cleaned and cut for dinner. — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Pictures show the ancient Roman silver denarii after they were carefully cleaned, some bearing portraits and inscriptions. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 To be efficiently recycled, these materials need to be sorted, cleaned (where applicable), and concentrated. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 An employee handled dirty dishes and then cleaned dishes without washing their hands, and handwashing sinks in the dish room and bar did not have soap available at the time of inspection. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026 The rooms are spacious, comfortable, immaculately pressed and cleaned, and blissfully quiet. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Dyson built the CameraJet around 16 million lines of code and a model trained on 470,000 dental images, bolting a camera, pump, fluid system and software onto a device people have historically cleaned with nylon bristles. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Culver City voted last month to set rules around robotaxi fleet services that dictate where and when the vehicles can be charged, stored and cleaned. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 But the Jaguars cleaned it up after the break and committed just three penalties the rest of the game. — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned

Adjective

Díaz posted a spotless ERA in five games down the stretch, limiting opponents to one hit combined.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
The housekeeping staff was incredibly on top of things, and the room always looked spotless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of spotless

Verb

An employee also rinsed off their hands at the sprayer for the dish machine as a means of washing their hands.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
The tongs used to grab pastelitos, croquetas and empanadas from the hot box had been in use more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized again.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of rinsed

Adjective

In other words, historical comparables suggest that Sherwood’s trade value probably isn’t cleanly at the level of him returning a first-round pick to Vancouver if he’s ultimately traded between now and March 6.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Whoever wins cleanly leaves with both the championship belts.

— Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

Definition of cleanly

Verb

Their opportunity came during the cross-examination of Elizabeth Riddell, an FBI case manager who had extracted messages and other data from the cellphones of defendants in the case.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracted

Adjective

The delay comes after organized opposition from residents of eight waterfront luxury high-rise condominium buildings off the MacArthur Causeway and just south of Fifth Street.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Part of the energy surges through the crystal as an organized shockwave.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

Verb

The collection also includes an oversize reversible bomber jacket, washed and distressed sweatshirts and T-shirts, a polo, baseball caps and dedicated kids’ pieces.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The tongs used to grab pastelitos, croquetas and empanadas from the hot box had been in use more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized again.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026