Antonyms for clean

Antonyms for (verb) clean

Main entry: clean, make clean

Definition: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from

Usage: Clean the stove!; The dentist cleaned my teeth

Antonyms: soil, grime, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty

Definition: make soiled, filthy, or dirty


Antonyms for (adj) clean

Main entry: clean

Definition: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits

Usage: children with clean shining faces; clean white shirts; clean dishes; a spotlessly clean house; cats are clean animals

Antonyms: soiled, dirty, unclean

Definition: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime


Antonyms: stale

Definition: lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age


Antonyms: preserved

Definition: prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use


Antonyms: salty

Definition: containing or filled with salt


Antonyms: stained

Definition: marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter


Main entry: unobjectionable, clean

Definition: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers

Usage: good clean fun; a clean joke

Antonyms: dirty

Definition: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency


Antonyms: infected, septic

Definition: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms


Main entry: clean, uncontaminating

Definition: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

Usage: a clean fuel; cleaner and more efficient engines; the tactical bomb is reasonably clean

Antonyms: contaminating, dirty

Definition: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination


Main entry: clean

Definition: ritually clean or pure

Antonyms: unclean, impure

Definition: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws


Main entry: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, clean

Definition: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

Usage: a clean fight; a sporting solution of the disagreement; sportsmanlike conduct

Antonyms: foul

Definition: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines


Antonyms: unfair, unjust

Definition: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception


Antonyms: unjust

Definition: violating principles of justice


Main entry: clean, uninfected

Definition: free from sepsis or infection

Usage: a clean (or uninfected) wound

Antonyms: infected, septic

Definition: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms


Main entry: white, clean, blank

Definition: (of a surface) not written or printed on

Usage: blank pages; fill in the blank spaces; a clean page; wide white margins

Antonyms: fill, fill up

Definition: become full


Antonyms: fill, fill up, make full

Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense


Antonyms: full

Definition: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal


Main entry: clean, clean-living

Definition: morally pure

Usage: led a clean life

Antonyms: immoral

Definition: deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong


Main entry: clean

Definition: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense

Usage: a clean voting record; a clean driver's license

Antonyms: imperfect

Definition: not perfect; defective or inadequate


Main entry: clean

Definition: thorough and without qualification

Usage: a clean getaway; a clean sweep; a clean break

Antonyms: uncomplete, incomplete

Definition: not complete or total; not completed


Main entry: clean

Definition: without difficulties or problems

Usage: a clean test flight

Antonyms: difficult, hard

Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure


Antonyms: uneasy

Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance


Main entry: clean

Definition: free of drugs

Usage: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years

Antonyms: addicted

Definition: compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming


Main entry: clean, neat

Definition: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

Usage: he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek; a clean throw; the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife

Antonyms: maladroit

Definition: not adroit


Main entry: clean

Definition: not carrying concealed weapons

Antonyms: armed

Definition: (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms


Antonyms: armed

Definition: (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns


Main entry: clean, fresh

Definition: free from impurities

Usage: clean water; fresh air

Antonyms: impure

Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene


Antonyms: impure

Definition: combined with extraneous elements


Main entry: unclouded, clean, clear, light

Definition: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

Usage: efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings; clear laughter like a waterfall; clear reds and blues; a light lilting voice like a silver bell

Antonyms: impure

Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene


Antonyms: impure

Definition: combined with extraneous elements


Main entry: clean, clear

Definition: free of restrictions or qualifications

Usage: a clean bill of health; a clear winner

Antonyms: qualified

Definition: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task


Antonyms: qualified

Definition: limited or restricted; not absolute


Main entry: fair, clean

Definition: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

Usage: fair copy; a clean manuscript

Antonyms: illegible

Definition: (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible


Antonyms for (adv) clean

Main entry: clean, fair, fairly

Definition: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

Usage: they played fairly

Antonyms: below the belt, unfairly

Definition: in an unfair manner


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