pure

1. Free of extraneous elements of any kind (synset 301911832)
   "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
   also:

   • clean - ritually clean or pure
   • processed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process
   tells us about: pureness, purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
   similar to:

   • axenic - (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms
   • clean, fresh - free from impurities
   • clean, clear, light, unclouded - (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
   • fine - free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
   • native - as found in nature in the elemental form
   • plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed - not mixed with extraneous elements
   • pristine - completely free from dirt or contamination
   • straight up - (of an alcoholic drink) stirred or shaken with ice, but served without it
   • sublimate - made pure
   • unadulterated - not mixed with impurities
   • unalloyed - free from admixture
   • uncontaminated, unpolluted - free from admixture with noxious elements; clean
   • virginal - untouched or undefiled
2. Without qualification;
   Used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers (synset 301524174)
   "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 thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
   similar to: unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
   same as: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
3. (of color) being chromatically pure;
   Not diluted with white or grey or black (synset 300394569)
   similar to: intense, vivid - (of color) having the highest saturation
   same as: saturated
4. Free from discordant qualities (synset 301167404)
   similar to: harmonious - musically pleasing
5. Concerned with theory and data rather than practice;
   Opposed to applied (synset 300866098)
   "pure science"
   similar to: theoretical - concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
6. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults;
   Sinless (synset 301911024)
   "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"; "pure as the driven snow"
   also: chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
   tells us about: morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
   similar to:

   • immaculate, undefiled - free from stain or blemish
   • white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
7. In a state of sexual virginity (synset 300362205)
   "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
   similar to: chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
   same as: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous

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