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pure - 8 definitions

- adjective
1. pure -- free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
antonyms: impure -- combined with extraneous elements
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. arrant -- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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"
synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. saturated -- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
synonyms: saturated
antonyms: unsaturated -- (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated red"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. pure -- free from discordant qualities
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5. pure -- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. pure -- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
antonyms: impure -- (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. pure -- in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
synonyms: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. pure, purer -- free from anything different, inferior, or contaminating
synonyms: purer, purest, unpure, pures, undrossy, virginly
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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Antonyms
impure -- combined with extraneous elements
unsaturated -- (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated red"
impure -- (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"

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