CLEANNESS Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

cleanness

noun

Definition of cleanness

as in cleanliness

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cleanliness

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as in purity

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Recent Examples of cleanness Diego Schwartzman, one of South America’s preeminent male players of the past two decades, remembers warming up with a 15-year-old Fonseca ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Open final against Alcaraz in 2022, and being struck by both the cleanness of the youngster’s strike and its inaccuracy. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge. — Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 Copland’s music has a cleanness, a belief that all the parts must function. — Jane Levere, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Our special boosters powerfully break through any type of stain or odor, giving you an all-natural cleanness that leaves your clothes looking and smelling great. — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023 The sparseness of the production design and cleanness of the editing permit Adkins and Long’s full-tilt gracefulness to be the scene’s primary focus. — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023 The reasons include not just gas's relative abundance and cheapness, its cleanness, and its low carbon content compared with coal, but also its flexibility, as a recent Worldwatch report observes. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleanness

Noun

Make The Restaurants Better The burger business has become brutally competitive and speed, accuracy, cleanliness, food quality and consistency are key to lure customers back to its stores.

— Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Gather a bunch of people who have never lived on their own before, and there’s a good chance that not all of them will be conscientious about cleanliness.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cleanliness

Noun

The Basij run a nationwide network of volunteers who maintain a presence in the streets, government offices and cultural centers, seeking to ensure loyalty and ideological purity for Iran’s theocracy.

— Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Along with these shifts came purity tests that were easy for well-meaning people to fail.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of purity

Noun

Yiannopoulos rose to prominence through his provocative statements criticizing political correctness, feminism and Islam.

— Chris Arnold, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
This work will examine how the QCIM core can be incorporated into larger chip and system architectures while maintaining performance, interoperability and functional correctness.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of correctness

Noun

However, a modicum of decency four years ago would’ve gone further.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
And the solution is simply to replace the corrupt, racist authoritarian with a governing party that respects the rule of law, equality, and basic decency.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of decency

Noun

Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of rightness

Noun

But as this debate over propriety unfolds, a dedicated swath of the Democratic base is delighted.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
All about that plane When Qatar gave the Boeing 747, fit for an Emirate prince, to Trump last year, some observers voiced concerns, both on grounds of security and propriety.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of propriety

Noun

This series is to encourage [and] inspire hip hop and remind us all [of] the pureness of hip hop.

— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The lush and magical pureness requires a sort of kinship with travelers—and awareness of impact can help to preserve this.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2023

Definition of pureness

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