CLEANLINESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

cleanliness

noun

Definition of cleanliness

as in hygiene

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Recent Examples of cleanliness Guests lie on linen sheets, washed daily, on the floor for cleanliness. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Their standards include, but are not limited to testing water quality as well as soil assessments, machinery and harvest cleanliness rules and traceability and training requirements. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 Japanese fans are known for cleaning up after games, and this was just another example of their tradition of order and cleanliness. — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026 Green flags are different for everyone, and for Hartley, cleanliness was at the top of the list. — Staff Author, InStyle, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cleanliness

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Noun

To avoid getting sick, health experts recommend practicing good hygiene — especially washing your hands frequently and thoroughly.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026
After a year of job hunting, Celine Wang decided to go back to school to change careers from design to dental hygiene.

— Sarah Jackson Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of hygiene

Noun

Emma’s resistance to the bland wholesomeness of recovery spaces speaks to a familiar cultural trope across media, in films and television shows; that sobriety is where flamboyance goes to die.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026

Definition of wholesomeness

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