adjective
free of extraneous elements of any kind
Examples
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
adjective
without qualification
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)
unadulterated
Examples
- 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
adjective
(of color) being chromatically pure
Synonyms
Examples
- not diluted with white or grey or black
adjective
free from discordant qualities
adjective
concerned with theory and data rather than practice
Examples
- opposed to applied
- pure science
adjective
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults
Examples
- sinless
- I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath
- pure as the driven snow
adjective
in a state of sexual virginity
Synonyms
Examples
- pure and vestal modesty
- a spinster or virgin lady
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal