Adj. | 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" Antonyms: impure - combined with extraneous elements |
2. | pure - 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" Synonyms: arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, staring, perfect, consummate, stark, everlasting, complete, gross | |
3. | pure - concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" | |
4. | pure - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black Synonyms: saturated | |
5. | pure - free from discordant qualities | |
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; not morally pure; "impure thoughts" | |
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" | |
8. | pure - not mixed; "pure oxygen" |