Definition of pure

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pure is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• pure is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• pure is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of pure

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers (adjective)

  Examples

  1. pure folly

  Synonyms

  1. arrant
  2. complete
  3. consummate
  4. double-dyed
  5. everlasting
  6. gross
  7. perfect
  8. sodding
  9. staring
  10. stark
  11. thorough
  12. thoroughgoing
  13. unadulterated
  14. utter
• in a state of sexual virginity (adjective)

  Examples

  1. pure and vestal modesty
  2. men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal

  Synonyms

  1. vestal
  2. virgin
  3. virginal
  4. virtuous
• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. saturated
• concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied (adjective)

  Examples

  1. pure science
• free from discordant qualities (adjective)
• free of extraneous elements of any kind (adjective)

  Examples

  1. pure air and water
  2. pure gold
  3. pure primary colors
  4. the violin's pure and lovely song
  5. pure tones
  6. pure oxygen
• (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless (adjective)

  Examples

  1. I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
  2. pure as the driven snow

See definition of pure in Merriam Webster