Synonyms for spotless
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Exceptionally clean.
Related words
- Word family
- spotlessly spotlessness
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We speak of a thing as faultless, stainless, or spotless, only when we mean that it is absolutely without fault or blemish; as, a spotless or stainless reputation; a faultless course of conduct.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- immaculate Skura is running an immaculate household in Algiers.
- pristine Yanni's once pristine residence has become unrecognizable.
- unsullied Her reputation remained unsullied.
- unblemished His reputation remains unblemished.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spotless | rising | |
| immaculate | rising | |
| pristine | rising | |
| unsullied | rising | |
| unblemished | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fair1, pure1
- 5 letters
- clean1, pyore
- 6 letters
- chaste1
- 7 letters
- perfect2, sinless
- 8 letters
- innocent3, flawless2, pristine2
- 9 letters
- stainless2, blameless2, faultless, unsullied3, untainted3, guiltless2, undefiled, unstained2, unspotted
- 10 letters
- immaculate4
- 11 letters
- unblemished3, untarnished, blemishless
- 14 letters
- irreproachable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (perfect2 = 2 syllables).