pure

Containing no dirt, harmful substances, or material of another kind.

• The ring is made of pure gold.
• The patient was given pure oxygen.
• They tested the water to check that it was pure.

Similar words: unmixed, uncontaminated

Opposites: impure, contaminated

Common phrases: pure gold, pure oxygen, pure water, pure alcohol

Clean and free from dirt or anything harmful.

• The water is pure.
• We enjoyed the pure mountain air.
• This filter keeps our drinking water pure.

Similar words: clean, unpolluted

Opposites: dirty, polluted

Common phrases: pure water, pure air, pure drinking water

Perfectly good or beautiful, without any fault or anything bad.

• She has a pure heart.
• His love for her remained pure.
• The poem describes a soul that is perfectly pure.

Similar words: unblemished, unsullied, innocent

Opposites: corrupt

Common phrases: pure heart, pure soul, pure love, pure intentions

Very or extremely, used in some regional varieties of English.

• I am pure tired today.
• She was pure excited about the trip.
• We were pure freezing while we waited for the bus.

Similar words: very, really, extremely

Common phrases: pure busy, pure tired, pure excited

To hit a ball very cleanly and accurately, especially in golf.

• Try to pure the ball.
• She pured her drive down the fairway.
• He pures his iron shots when his swing feels relaxed.

Similar words: strike cleanly

Common phrases: pure a shot, pure the ball, pure a drive