antiseptic

  • (a) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
    • doctors in antiseptic green coats
    • the antiseptic effect of alcohol
    • it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities
  • (s) clean and honest
    • antiseptic financial practices
  • (s) freeing from error or corruption
    • the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism
  • (s) devoid of objectionable language
    • lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School

Nouns

  • (n) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

Antonyms

infected septic

See also

clean germfree healthful

Words of close approximity

antisepticize