Synonyms of cleaning (up)

cleaning (up)

verb

present participle of clean (up)

1

as in tidying (up)

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff

you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tidying (up)
• cleaning house
• setting straight
• picking up
• cleaning (off)
• straightening (up)
• policing (up)
• ordering
• arranging
• turning out
• housekeeping
• housecleaning
• neatening
• uncluttering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messing (up)
• cluttering
• disarranging

2

as in censoring

to remove objectionable parts from

cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censoring
• shortening
• cutting (out)
• editing
• laundering
• deleting
• reviewing
• expurgating
• red-penciling
• bowdlerizing
• purging
• cleansing
• x-ing (out)
• x'ing (out)
• blacking out
• purifying
• examining
• suppressing
• abbreviating
• expunging
• blue-penciling
• repressing
• screening
• gutting
• bleeping
• excising
• silencing
• condemning
• scrutinizing
• blipping
• denouncing
• censuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizing
• approving
• sanctioning

3

as in eradicating

to destroy all traces of

hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicating
• erasing
• sweeping (away)
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• abolishing
• rooting (out)
• blotting out
• destroying
• blacking out
• snuffing (out)
• cancelling
• rubbing out
• obliterating
• exterminating
• expunging
• tearing down
• shattering
• canceling
• effacing
• annihilating
• mowing (down)
• liquidating
• extirpating
• demolishing
• killing
• blowing up
• devastating
• killing off
• dismantling
• ravaging
• ruining
• discarding
• totalling
• consuming
• flattening
• throwing out
• decimating
• wrecking
• wasting
• totaling
• razing
• dashing
• dissolving
• smashing
• finishing
• splintering
• fragmenting
• blasting
• dynamiting
• pulverizing
• devouring
• ejecting
• atomizing
• expelling
• powdering
• terminating
• ditching
• excising
• jettisoning
• ousting
• cutting
• zapping
• dooming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• manufacturing
• conserving
• building
• creating
• shaping
• constructing
• forming
• making
• forging
• framing
• repairing
• rebuilding
• fixing
• restoring
• reconstructing
• fabricating
• renewing
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• renovating
• revamping
• patching
• mending