Definition for Deterge:

• To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

Synonyms for Deterge:

• v.

  •clean (verb)
  • sponge,
  • rinse,
  • wash,
  • hackle,
  • clarify,
  • scald,
  • whisk,
  • brush,
  • pick,
  • rout out,
  • swab,
  • lave,
  • pick up,
  • Absterge,
  • Depurate,
  • edulcorate,
  • tidy up,
  • expunge,
  • deodorize,
  • winnow,
  • clear the decks,
  • rake,
  • scour,
  • launder,
  • purge,
  • expurgate,
  • bathe,
  • vacuum,
  • rasp,
  • shampoo,
  • soap,
  • sanitize,
  • dust,
  • erase,
  • polish,
  • neaten,
  • sterilize,
  • blot,
  • cauterize,
  • flush,
  • dredge,
  • Elutriate,
  • Disinfect,
  • bath,
  • refine,
  • spruce up,
  • scrape,
  • shake out,
  • clear up,
  • do up,
  • soak,
  • mop,
  • sweep,
  • wipe,
  • straighten up,
  • scrub.
  •contact (verb)
  • deterge.
  •purify (verb)
  • redeem,
  • chasten,
  • sanctify,
  • aerate,
  • fumigate,
  • atone,
  • aerify,
  • oxygenate,
  • expiate,
  • filter,
  • exculpate,
  • exonerate,
  • shrive,
  • sublimate,
  • remit,
  • absolve,
  • decontaminate,
  • lustrate,
  • clear,
  • rarify.

• Other synonyms:

  •clean
  • Hackled,
  • depurates,
  • straightens up,
  • vacuumed,
  • clear decks,
  • routing out,
  • Deterging,
  • Depurating,
  • Hackling,
  • Soaped,
  • straightened up,
  • tidying up,
  • Depurated,
  • Edulcorating,
  • hackles,
  • vacuuming,
  • Shampooing,
  • Edulcorated,
  • Elutriating,
  • edulcorates,
  • shampoos,
  • winnowing,
  • Soaping,
  • tidied up,
  • Shampooed.
  •purify
  • rarifying,
  • rarifies,
  • rarified,
  • expiates,
  • aerifies.

Antonyms for Deterge:

• v.

  • clean
    dirty, adulterate, soil, stain, pollute, corrupt, worsen, spend, defile, ruin, foul.
  • purify
    condemn, blame, hold, charge, incriminate, encourage, sentence, keep.
  • Other antonyms:
    blacken, begrime, muddy, besmirch, spot, discolor, taint, sully.

Homophones for Deterge:

• dork, dray horse, durres, dressage, dressy, do work, derrick, dirge, Darius Iii, dragee, diaeresis, doris, drogue, diarchy, drug, drawers, deodorise, darky, duress, dross, dark, durga, derris, dr. j, drake, darkie, diarrheic, deodorize, dreg, do drugs, drosky, dirca, drag, droshky, dirk, Druse, drayhorse, deodourise, Druze, durazzo, dryas, dirac, diarrhoeic, drowse, dregs, drowsy, darkey, Darius I, Dr. Seuss, dyarchy, dye-works, dry wash, dietrich, dreck, dairy cow, dieresis, dress, dry ice, diuresis, doorcase, data hierarchy, dark ages, data track, darkish, doric, draco.

Hyponym for Deterge:

• v.

  • contact
    wipe away, wipe off.