pure

pure is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
2. superlative. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
3. superlative. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
4. superlative. Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
5. superlative. Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
6. adjective. in a state of sexual virginity

   "pure and vestal modesty"

   "a spinster or virgin lady"

   Synonyms: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous

7. adjective. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

   Synonyms: saturated

8. adjective. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

   "pure science"

9. adjective. free from discordant qualities
10. adjective. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"

    "a complete coward"

    Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

11. adjective. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless- Sylvia Plath

    "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"

    "pure as the driven snow"

12. adjective. free of extraneous elements of any kind

    "pure air and water"

    "pure gold"

Synonyms

vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous, saturated, arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pure:

peru, prue

Common word forms

pured, purer, pureed, purees, purely, purest, pureness

Words from these letters

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