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hygienic

hy·gi·en·ic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy-jee-en-ik, hahy-jen-, -jee-nik]
    • /ˌhaɪ dʒiˈɛn ɪk, haɪˈdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒi nɪk/
    • /haɪˈdʒiː.nɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-jee-en-ik, hahy-jen-, -jee-nik]
    • /ˌhaɪ dʒiˈɛn ɪk, haɪˈdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒi nɪk/

Definitions of hygienic word

  • adjective hygienic conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary. 1
  • adjective hygienic of or relating to hygiene. 1
  • noun hygienic Conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially by being clean; sanitary. 1
  • adjective hygienic sanitary, clean 1
  • adjective hygienic Something that is hygienic is clean and unlikely to cause illness. 0
  • adjective hygienic promoting health or cleanliness; sanitary 0

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Origin of hygienic

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; hygiene + -ic

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hygienic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hygienic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hygienic

adj hygienic

  • healthful — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
  • wholesome — conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation; wholesome environment.
  • aseptic — free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
  • good — Graph-Oriented Object Database

adjective hygienic

  • clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
  • sanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.

Antonyms for hygienic

adj hygienic

  • diseased — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • unclean — not clean; dirty.
  • unsanitary — not sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease: unsanitary living conditions.
  • unhealthy — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
  • contaminated — made impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substance

adjective hygienic

  • unhygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.

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