CLEANS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

cleans

verb

present tense third-person singular of clean

as in cleanses

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

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as in removes

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

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Recent Examples of cleans Select from three smart cleaning modes — floor mode (floor only), standard mode (floor, walls and waterline) and eco mode (automatically cleans pool floor every 48 hours) — to target specific problem zones on a preset schedule. —

V Brand Stories, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Scheck cleans her marble counters almost daily with a gentle cleaner to prevent buildup. —

Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 June 2026 Instead of focusing on deep cleans or tackling big projects in a single sitting, these micro-cleans prevent messes from spiraling. —

Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 2 June 2026 Enabling healthy habitats for future space explorers The current prototype cleans only a small area at a time, roughly the width of a pencil. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 Eco effort The hotel cleans and bottles its own water in glass containers. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 The cordless cleaning gadget has powerful suction that cleans hardwood floors and carpets with ease. —

Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026 Heavy weights dropped after power cleans or dead lifts bounce vertically rather than side to side. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026 Their characters, Tova, a 70-year-old widow, and Cameron, a 30-something searching for his father, become unlikely friends thanks, in part to a cranky and wise octopus named Marcellus (Alfred Molina) who lives in the aquarium where Tova cleans at night. —

ABC News, 7 May 2026

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The Kérastase Chronologiste Revitalizing Youth Shampoo removes buildup, cleanses the scalp, softens and strengthens strands (meaning less breakage), increases moisture starting at the root, improves follicle health (meaning less shedding), and imparts shine.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 15 June 2026
Speaking of ventilation, don’t forget to breathe deep; a new electric air filter cleanses our world’s increasingly polluted atmosphere, an issue contributed to by the S-Class itself.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 May 2026