Synonyms for purify
Definitions
- v. 1
To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
- v. 2
To free from guilt or sin.
Related words
- Word family
- puritan
Forms
- Past participle
- purified
e.g. purified → sanctified, cleansed, purged, cleaned…
Choose the right word
There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- filter Yanni needs to get the correct filter for his car.
- purge What's the first thing you'd do if The Purge was real?
- cleanse Fasting helps the body cleanse and repair itself.
- sanctify I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to sanctify every hour...
- refine Algeria needs to refine its own oil.
- sweeten I sweeten coffee with molasses instead of sugar.
By length
- 3 letters
- try1
- 4 letters
- fine1
- 5 letters
- clear1, clean1, purge1
- 6 letters
- filter2, strain1, refine2, luster2, lustre2, distil2
- 7 letters
- clarify3, cleanse1, sublime2, rectify3, sweeten2, distill2, chasten2
- 8 letters
- sanctify3, depurate, lustrate
- 9 letters
- disinfect3, sublimate, expurgate
- 10 letters
- edulcorate
- 12 letters
- spiritualize, spiritualise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (filter2 = 2 syllables).