cleaner

Plural: cleaners

Noun

• a preparation used in cleaning something
• the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
• someone whose occupation is cleaning
• A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
• A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
• A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
• A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
• A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

Adjective

• free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
• ritually clean or pure
• not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
  • "cleaner and more efficient engines"
• (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers

Adjective Satellite

• free of restrictions or qualifications
• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
• free from impurities
• (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
• free from sepsis or infection
• morally pure
• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
• (of a surface) not written or printed on
• exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
• without difficulties or problems
• thorough and without qualification
• not carrying concealed weapons
• free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
• free of drugs

Adj

• comparative form of clean: more clean

Examples

• "I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners."

Synonyms

blank, clean, clean-living, cleaning agent, cleanser, cleansing agent, clear, dry cleaner, fair, fresh, light, neat, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, unclouded, uncontaminating, uninfected, unobjectionable, white

Antonyms

dirty, unclean

Related Words

cleanser, take to the cleaners

Anagrams of cleaner