Synonyms of purified

purified 1 of 2

adjective

as in pure

free from added matter

purified water that was now safe to drink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pure
• refined
• fresh
• undiluted
• filtered
• plain
• unmixed
• unadulterated
• clean
• tried
• unalloyed
• absolute
• neat
• straight
• concentrated
• fine
• uncontaminated
• rendered
• untainted
• unpolluted
• uncorrupted
• undefiled
• clarified
• taintless
• uncombined
• strong
• full-bodied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mixed
• contaminated
• adulterated
• impure
• diluted
• polluted
• tainted
• alloyed
• spoiled
• corrupted
• debased
• soiled
• incorporated
• combined
• blended
• compounded
• defiled
• merged
• unclarified
• joined
• mingled
• commingled
• fused
• amalgamated
• sullied
• fouled
• intermixed
• intermingled
• linked
• befouled
• besmirched
• conjoined
• united
• coalesced
• doctored
• cheapened
• watered-down

purified

2 of 2

verb

past tense of purify

1

as in purged

to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially

Catholics go to confession to be purified

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purged
• cleansed
• sanctified
• healed
• restored
• refined
• improved
• amended
• regenerated
• elevated
• acquitted
• uplifted
• vindicated
• ennobled
• cleared
• absolved
• exonerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stained
• degraded
• defiled
• corrupted
• debased
• perverted
• poisoned
• warped
• depraved
• demeaned
• debauched
• tarnished
• profaned
• prostituted
• sullied

2

as in filtered

to remove usually visible impurities from

purify the water by distillation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filtered
• refined
• clarified
• extracted
• cleaned
• washed
• distilled
• processed
• fined
• purged
• cleared
• cleansed
• garbled
• sifted
• rectified
• leached
• decontaminated
• disinfected
• elutriated
• screened
• bolted
• sieved
• sanitized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contaminated
• clouded
• dulled
• muddied
• soiled
• tainted
• polluted
• defiled
• dirtied
• sullied
• fouled
• besmirched
• begrimed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of purified

Adjective

Orange County similarly uses purified wastewater to replenish its groundwater. — Piper Heath, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Researchers need to establish what remains in the purified water and whether those substances could affect drug quality or patient safety. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Once ramped up, Circ expects the facility to process 70,000 metric tons of polycotton textile waste annually and produce cellulose pulp, purified terephthalic acid and monoethylene glycol. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

The product also contains benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, edetate disodium, purified water, sodium chloride and sodium citrate as inactive ingredients. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Omnivores should punch up the platter with the special beef kitfo, raw steak that drips with herbed, purified butter and gets its fiery kick from mitmita, a spice blend with chile peppers. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

It is derived from purified DNA fragments extracted most commonly from salmon, and sometimes from certain trout. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Maher helped create the opinionated political host, but by now has lived long enough to resent the purified partisan marketplace that followed. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Similarly, SpudCell was assembled from the bottom up with purified, nonliving parts. — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Verb

But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes? — Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026

Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified? — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026

This gas will then be purified and concentrated, ready for export to local gas networks as what is termed renewable natural gas (RNG). — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

But that doesn’t matter because that’s been purified. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 June 2026

She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool. — New York Times, 31 May 2026