Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
Definition: in a state of sexual virginity
Usage: pure and vestal modesty; a spinster or virgin lady; men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Similar words: chaste
Definition: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
Usage: a holy woman innocent and chaste
Definition: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
Definition: (of color) having the highest saturation
Usage: vivid green; intense blue
Synonyms: pure
Definition: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
Usage: pure science
Similar words: theoretical
Definition: concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
Usage: theoretical physics
Synonyms: pure
Definition: free from discordant qualities
Similar words: harmonious
Definition: musically pleasing
Synonyms: unadulterated, thoroughgoing, staring, stark, sodding, utter, complete, everlasting, perfect, arrant, pure, gross, consummate, double-dyed
Definition: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Usage: an arrant fool; a complete coward; a consummate fool; a double-dyed villain; gross negligence; a perfect idiot; pure folly; what a sodding mess; stark staring mad; a thoroughgoing villain; utter nonsense; the unadulterated truth
Similar words: unmitigated
Definition: not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
Usage: unmitigated suffering; an unmitigated horror; an unmitigated lie
Synonyms: pure
Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
Usage: I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath; pure as the driven snow
Similar words: immaculate, undefiled
Definition: free from stain or blemish
Similar words: white
Definition: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
Usage: in shining white armor
Synonyms: pure
Definition: free of extraneous elements of any kind
Usage: pure air and water; pure gold; pure primary colors; the violin's pure and lovely song; pure tones; pure oxygen
Similar words: axenic
Definition: (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms
Usage: an axenic culture
Definition: free from impurities
Usage: clean water; fresh air
Similar words: 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
Similar words: fine
Definition: free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
Usage: gold 21 carats fine
Similar words: native
Definition: as found in nature in the elemental form
Usage: native copper
Similar words: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
Definition: not mixed with extraneous elements
Usage: plain water; sheer wine; not an unmixed blessing
Similar words: pristine
Definition: completely free from dirt or contamination
Usage: pristine mountain snow
Similar words: sublimate
Definition: made pure
Similar words: unadulterated
Definition: not mixed with impurities
Usage: unadulterated maple syrup
Similar words: unalloyed
Definition: free from admixture
Usage: unalloyed metal; unalloyed pleasure
Similar words: uncontaminated, unpolluted
Definition: free from admixture with noxious elements; clean
Usage: unpolluted streams; a contaminated lake
Similar words: virginal
Definition: untouched or undefiled
Usage: nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage- L.P.Smith