pure as in 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"
pure as in 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 thorough nuisance"
- "a thoroughgoing villain"
- "utter nonsense"
- "the unadulterated truth"
Synonyms
- arrant(a)
- complete(a)
- consummate(a)
- double-dyed(a)
- everlasting(a)
- gross(a)
- perfect(a)
- pure(a)
- sodding(a)
- stark(a)
- staring(a)
- thorough(a)
- thoroughgoing(a)
- utter(a)
- unadulteratednot mixed with impurities; without qualification
pure as in (of color) being chromatically pure
- "not diluted with white or grey or black"
Synonyms
- saturatedbeing the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; used especially of organic compounds; (of color) being chromatically pure
pure as in free from discordant qualities
pure as in concerned with theory and data rather than practice
- "opposed to applied"
- "pure science"
pure as in (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"
pure as in 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
- vestala chaste woman ; of or relating to Vesta; in a state of sexual virginity
- virgina person who has never had sex ; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo ; the sixth sign of the zodiac; being used or worked for the first time; in a state of sexual virginity
- virginala legless rectangular harpsichord; characteristic of a virgin or virginity; untouched or undefiled; in a state of sexual virginity
- virtuousmorally excellent ; in a state of sexual virginity