free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter

pure gold; pure water.

unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

of unmixed descent or ancestry

a pure breed of dog.

free from foreign or inappropriate elements

pure Attic Greek.

clear; free from blemishes

pure skin.

(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.

abstract or theoretical ( opposed to applied )

pure science.

without any discordant quality; clear and true

pure tones in music.

absolute; utter; sheer

to sing for pure joy.

being that and nothing else; mere

a pure accident.

clean, spotless, or unsullied

pure hands.

untainted with evil; innocent

pure in heart.

physically chaste; virgin.

ceremonially or ritually clean.

free of or without guilt; guiltless.

independent of sense or experience

pure knowledge.

Biology, Genetics .

homozygous.

containing only one characteristic for a trait.

Phonetics . monophthongal.

adjective

impure , mixed , ungenuine , contaminated , dirty , polluted , tainted , corrupt , immodest , indecent , obscene , unchaste , vulgar , indefinite , uncertain , applied

adjective

authentic , bright , classic , clear , complete , fair , flawless , kosher * , limpid , lucid , natural , neat , out-and-out * , pellucid , perfect , plain , plenary , pure and simple , real , simple , straight , total , transparent , true , twenty-four carat , unadulterated , unalloyed , unclouded , undiluted , unmingled , disinfected , germ-free , immaculate , intemerate , pasteurized , pristine , purified , refined , sanitary , snowy , spotless , stainless , sterile , sterilized , taintless , unblemished , undebased , unpolluted , unsoiled , unspotted , unstained , unsullied , untainted , untarnished , wholesome , babe in woods , blameless , celibate , clean , continent , decent , exemplary , fresh , good , guileless , honest , inculpable , innocent , inviolate , irreproachable , kid , lily white , maidenly , modest , pure as driven snow , righteous , sinless , unblighted , uncorrupted , undefiled , unprofaned , upright , virgin , virtuous , wet behind ears , wide-eyed , blasted , blessed * , confounded , infernal * , mere , out-and-out , sheer , thorough , unmitigated , unqualified , abstract , academic , philosophical , speculative , tentative , unproved , full-strength , unblended , unmixed , absolute , all-out , arrant , consummate , crashing , damned , dead , downright , flat , outright , thoroughgoing , unbounded , unequivocal , unlimited , unrelieved , unreserved , angelic , angelical , lily-white , virginal , nice , archangelic , artless , chaste , cherubic , crystalline , devout , elemental , faultless , filtered , fine , genuine , guiltless , hermetic , impeccable , incorrupt , inviolable , inviolated , lustral , moral , purificatory , puritanical , sanctimonious , simon-pure , sincere , uncontaminated , unsophisticated , utter , vestal