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pure

pure

216 1.4
Morally good and not involved in sexual activity
  • adjective
  • /pjʊr/
: puro
  • Oh, the instincts of a child are so pure and innocent.
  • a pure heart
  • pure love
  • a pure soul

you know, you, you saw pure love from him. Yeah,

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Examples

  • I feel like you're such a pure good human being, you know?

  • I mean, she's pure of heart and soul.

  • you know, you, you saw pure love from him. Yeah,

  • There is no one who has a heart as pure and I think yours.

  • And this is my new love, pure love.

  • And he was very pure and very good person.

  • Remember, it is pure love and you came from it.

  • If your love remains pure, you cannot die.

  • For the first time in his career, he was exploring love as a pure emotion.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The teacher praised her for her pure intentions in helping others.

Synonyms

good
vspure
∞ 1.0

Behaving in a kind and honest way

adds the idea of sexual innocence as part of overall goodness
innocent
vspure
∞ 2.2

Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

includes moral goodness and also the idea of sexual purity
virgin
vspure
  • NSFW
94 5.5

Not having had sex

focuses more widely on moral goodness and chastity in behaviour
virtuous
vspure
  • Archaic
23 9.6

Not having sex, especially before marriage

is more general, applying to moral goodness and not only women
chaste
vspure
18 7.4

Not having sex, often for religious or moral reasons

is broader, including overall moral goodness not only sexual restraint
virginal
vspure
  • NSFW
9 7.6

Not having had sex

is broader, covering moral goodness beyond the single sexual fact
unblemished
vspure
7 5.1

Free from any marks, damage, or bad actions

focuses more on personal moral and sexual innocence than appearance
unsullied
vspure
5 7.0

Completely clean and not spoiled or stained

is about personal moral goodness and sexual innocence rather than objects
sinless
vspure
5 6.3

Someone who has done nothing wrong

is broader, covering moral goodness and sexual innocence as well
pure as the driven snow
vspure
  • Literature
2 8.4

Completely innocent and morally good in actions and thoughts

has identical meaning but functions as a set emphatic expression
vestal
vspure
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Relating to being sexually pure

is the everyday moral and sexual innocence sense rather than literary use
clean
vspure
1 7.0

Free from things seen as wrong by religion

is about personal moral and sexual integrity beyond ritual purity
unfallen
vspure
  • Literature
1 9.9

A person or thing that has not done wrong and seems pure

is similar but also covers being sexually untainted
unsordid
vspure
1 9.9

Honest and pure in actions and motives

extends this uprightness to include sexual innocence too
incorrupted
vspure
  • Literature
1 9.9

Not spoiled and still pure in body or mind

adds a personal sexual purity sense alongside moral untaintedness

Antonyms

298 4.4

Willing to act dishonestly to gain money or power

impure
  • NSFW
20 6.0

Not morally clean because it is corrupt or obscene

Idioms

2 8.4

Completely innocent and morally good in actions and thoughts

Compounds

9 2.7

Metal that is only gold with nothing else in it

1 3.7

A feeling of complete happiness

Study of ideas and patterns in numbers and shapes without practical use

pure trash
  • Slang
1 6.6

A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film

pure tone
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A steady sound with one clear pitch, like a tuning fork

1 8.6

A situation with very strong violence causing much damage and many deaths

1 9.9

An offensive act that uses exaggerated, mocking images of Black people to make fun of them

pure schlock
  • Informal
1 9.7

Very low quality art or entertainment that lacks new ideas

Army of the Pure
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An armed group that uses violence in Kashmir to try to create Islamic rule

1 9.9

Completely real and honest

pure Bayhem
  • Slang
1 9.9

A very loud, fast kind of action that has many explosions and chaos

9.9

Complete nonsense that is not true and not believable

9.9

False talk meant to trick people

pure cancer
  • Slang
9.8

Something very harmful that quickly destroys people's trust or energy

pure douchery
  • Offensive
9.9

Rude or selfish actions that upset other people

pure absence
  • Specialized
9.7

A short, sudden loss of awareness with no other symptoms

A way of writing numbers using only the digits 0 and 1

9.9

Complete nonsense that has no true facts to support it

9.9

Words or actions that try to trick people into thinking things are better than they are

pure hopium
  • Slang
9.9

Unrealistic hope despite clear signs it will not happen

pure shitpiss
  • Offensive
9.9

A thing that is very bad and not worth having

9.9

A place or event that is very fun and exciting

9.9

A line of poetry with six short-long beats and no rhythm changes allowed

pure imaginary number
  • Specialized
8.8

A number equal to a real number not zero times i with no real part

9.9

Very foolish behavior that makes no sense

pure rockism
  • Jargon
9.9

An attitude that thinks traditional rock music is better than other music

Three Pure Ones
  • Literature
9.9

The three highest gods in Taoism who represent the pure form of the Tao

How Pure

saintly
12 4.2
virtuous
23 4.3
pure
216 1.4
impure
  • NSFW
20 6.0
immoral
131 4.6

Surface Forms

pure positive
purer comparative
purest superlative

Etymology

Pure also took on a moral meaning because its root meant 'clean', so people used it for someone without a 'stain' on their behaviour. That's why calling a person pure means they are innocent or morally good.