Synonyms of cleaned (up)

cleaned (up)

verb

past tense of clean (up)

1

as in tidied (up)

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff

you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tidied (up)
• cleaned house
• set straight
• straightened (up)
• arranged
• picked up
• ordered
• cleaned (off)
• policed (up)
• turned out
• housecleaned
• housekept
• uncluttered
• neatened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messed (up)
• cluttered
• disarranged

2

as in censored

to remove objectionable parts from

cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censored
• shortened
• edited
• deleted
• expurgated
• laundered
• cut (out)
• reviewed
• red-penciled
• bowdlerized
• purged
• purified
• suppressed
• cleansed
• examined
• abbreviated
• blacked out
• blue-penciled
• expunged
• repressed
• excised
• gutted
• condemned
• silenced
• x'd (out)
• xed (out)
• scrutinized
• screened
• x-ed (out)
• bleeped
• blipped
• denounced
• censured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorized
• approved
• sanctioned

3

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of

hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicated
• erased
• wiped out
• abolished
• stamped (out)
• destroyed
• swept (away)
• rooted (out)
• blotted out
• cancelled
• obliterated
• blacked out
• snuffed (out)
• expunged
• rubbed out
• annihilated
• exterminated
• canceled
• effaced
• shattered
• liquidated
• demolished
• extirpated
• killed
• discarded
• ravaged
• ruined
• mowed (down)
• consumed
• dismantled
• tore down
• blew up
• flattened
• devastated
• decimated
• wrecked
• wasted
• dissolved
• killed off
• razed
• totalled
• powdered
• smashed
• dashed
• fragmented
• totaled
• pulverized
• ejected
• doomed
• finished
• threw out
• expelled
• splintered
• devoured
• atomized
• blasted
• excised
• terminated
• ousted
• cut
• zapped
• dynamited
• jettisoned
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• saved
• preserved
• created
• built
• shaped
• manufactured
• constructed
• made
• formed
• conserved
• fabricated
• forged
• framed
• fashioned
• renewed
• restored
• repaired
• rebuilt
• fixed
• reconstructed
• renovated
• revamped
• reconditioned
• patched
• mended