immaculate[adjective]Synonyms:- clean, neat, spick-and-span, spotless, spruce, squeaky-clean
- flawless, above reproach, faultless, impeccable, perfect, unblemished, unexceptionable, untarnished
Antonyms: maculate
English Thesaurus: clean, pure, sterile, spotless, pristine, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
clean without any dirt or marks:
They need clean water to drink. I don’t have any clean clothes.pure water or air that is pure does not contain any dirt, pollution, or bacteria:
I breathed in the pure mountain air.sterile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ completely clean, with no bacteria, and therefore safe for medical or scientific use:
Place a sterile bandage on the wound. sterile needlesspotless completely clean – used mainly about rooms and clothes:
Her kitchen is always spotless.pristine /ˈprɪstiːn/ completely clean and new-looking:
He wore a pristine white shirt.immaculate as clean and tidy as it is possible to be:
The soldiers’ uniforms have to be immaculate.spick and span [not before noun] informal clean and tidy, especially after having just been cleaned:
By the end of the day, the whole place was spick and span.wash to clean something with water and usually soap:
She’s washing her hair. There’s nowhere to wash your clothes.wipe to clean a surface with a cloth, often a wet cloth:
Wipe the worktop when you’ve finished cooking.scrub to wash something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush:
They made her scrub the floor.rinse to remove dirt from something using water, especially after washing it with soap:
Rinse your hair thoroughly after shampooing it.cleanse formal to clean your skin, using water or a special cream:
There are many products available for cleansing your skin.bathe /beɪð/ to clean a wound or a part of your body with water:
Bathe the cut and put a plaster on it.do the dishes (
also do the washing-up British English) to wash plates and pans after a meal:
Who’s going to help me do the dishes?do the laundry (
also do the washing British English) to wash clothes:
On Tuesdays, he does the washing. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
tidy British English a place, room etc that is tidy looks nice because everything has been arranged and put in the right place:
a tidy desk I want to leave the place clean and tidy before we go.neat use this about things that are carefully arranged in a way that is nice to look at:
a neat pile of towels The room was neat and tidy.immaculate /ɪˈmækjələt, ɪˈmækjʊlət/ a place or thing that is immaculate is perfectly clean and neat – use this to emphasize how clean something looks:
Our house was always immaculate.well-kept a well-kept building or garden is very well cared for and looks neat and clean:
a large house on well-kept groundsorderly arranged or organized in a sensible or neat way:
The room was orderly and uncluttered. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲