pure
adjective
1. free of foreign material or pollution.
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
Similar word(s): clean, axenic, clean, fresh, clear, light, unclouded, fine, native, plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed, pristine, sublimate, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, unpolluted, virginal, processed
2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- pure folly
Similar word(s): unmitigated, arrant, complete, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
3. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
Similar word(s): intense, vivid, saturated
4. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
- pure science
Similar word(s): theoretical
5. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
- I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
- pure as the driven snow
Similar word(s): chaste, immaculate, undefiled, white
adverb
1. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- You’re pure busy.