sanitary[adjective]Synonyms: hygienic, clean, germ-free, healthy, wholesome
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
san‧i‧ta‧ry /ˈsænət
əri, ˈsænɪt
əri $ -teri/
adjective[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: sanitaire, from Latin sanitas; ⇒ sanity]
1. [only before noun] relating to the ways that dirt, infection, and waste are removed, so that places are clean and healthy for people to live in
Synonym : hygienic:
Diseases were spread through poor sanitary conditions.
a prison with no proper sanitary facilities (=toilets)2. clean and not causing any danger to people’s health
Antonym : insanitary:
Often, the camps were not very sanitary. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲