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

The apartments Svetlana cleaned belonged to people in their thirties who didn’t seem to leave the house much—there was trash from Amazon and Uber Eats everywhere. — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 Some blankets can only be spot-cleaned, while others have removable, washable covers that can be laundered with everything else. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026 Once printed, type had to be cleaned with lye and, reportedly, sometimes, urine. — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026 But like the Slip, when the tide recedes and the bar is cleaned and dried, business continues as usual. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Typically, when wedding dresses are cleaned, all individual pieces of the outfit, including its gloves, veil and more, are marked with identical identification barcodes, according to Schapiro. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Last year, Abrams had delicately cleaned the tombstone of Mary Bailey, who died in 1852 at just 21 years old. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 And the service is unparalleled, including bathrooms that are cleaned after every use—our own houses aren’t that tidy. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026 The Lowman Ranger District did not respond to questions about how frequently the site’s bathrooms are cleaned or trash is removed. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned

Adjective

Picked her up at a messy home, had a nice time out, came back to a spotless home.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
But a score of 95% doesn’t automatically mean a restaurant is essentially spotless, because there are a variety of potential violations that could lose a restaurant five points.

— David Raynor, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of spotless

Verb

With a cooling, lightweight texture, the mask is pleasant to wear; even better, skin feels softer and smoother as soon as the 20-minute treatment is rinsed off.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
In a bowl or sink of standing water, anything rinsed off one item can float over to the next, while running water sends it down the drain.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of rinsed

Verb

The two have shared videos about their relationship on social media that have amassed millions of views, although some of that footage appears to have since been removed.

— Alexis Mikulski Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2026
The ship’s dozen elevators were also removed, in part because they were covered in grease, but also to aid in sinking the ship efficiently, by opening up a path for the air to escape.

— Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of removed

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

Walliams has been represented by Independent Talent’s Paul Stevens for the best part of two decades, but his profile was scrubbed from the agency’s website after being live as recently as Monday, November 9.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Indeed, the 18th century looks very scrubbed and pretty here, Cathal Watters’ handsome widescreen cinematography at times recalling the more idealizing 19th-century landscape painters.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of scrubbed

Verb

The United States is slow-walking a democratic process that should have started in January, the day after an American military operation extracted dictator Nicolás Maduro.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Each active from the farm is custom-extracted with low temperatures through a biotech partner.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of extracted

Adjective

Beyond reconstructing the crime, the docuseries explores the social context surrounding Elizalde’s story and the complex relationships between regional Mexican music, violence and organized crime.

— Natalia Cano, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2026
The saga spawned organized smear campaigns soaked in misogyny.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of organized

Verb

The Democratic wave that flipped control of Congress from Republicans on Election Day also washed through to the state and local level, with several legislatures seeing historic changes in their balance of power.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
The intense erosion that carved the Great Unconformity washed rock material into the oceans, possibly fertilizing them just before the Cambrian explosion, when calcium became abundant in seawater.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026