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 rooms are spacious, comfortable, immaculately pressed and cleaned, and blissfully quiet. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 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 No blood was found on Machado’s body, which Lew said meant she had been cleaned. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Southbound lanes of Interstate 45 in Montgomery County reopened Wednesday afternoon after crews from the Texas Department of Transportation cleaned more than 5,000 gallons of cooking oil off the roadway. — Catherine Dominguez, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 Everything was painted and cleaned, covering up any other potential evidence. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 As a general rule, it should be cleaned a few times a year or more often if it’s displayed out in the open. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026 Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned

Adjective

The housekeeping staff was incredibly on top of things, and the room always looked spotless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Over time, that buildup can actually dull the finish and make the whole room feel less clean, even if everything else is spotless.

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 17 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

Allegations quickly emerged that DeepSeek had trained R1 in part on responses extracted from OpenAI’s models.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Sergio Cremisini, an expert in digital forensic evidence, who extracted information from Sierra’s phone in 2012, 2018 and 2026.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 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

Fendi used washed gray denim for its straight-fitting jeans for men and women.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
From there, the exhibition gives way to the striking editorial images with which Pavarotti quickly made his name, set against walls washed in scarlet, fuchsia, canary yellow, plum, and terracotta.

— Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026