Synonyms of cleans (up)

cleans (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clean (up)

1

as in cleans house

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

• cleans house
• tidies (up)
• sets straight
• straightens (up)
• picks up
• cleans (off)
• orders
• arranges
• polices (up)
• housecleans
• turns out
• housekeeps
• neatens
• unclutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messes (up)
• clutters
• disarranges

2

as in censors

to remove objectionable parts from

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censors
• shortens
• expurgates
• bowdlerizes
• cuts (out)
• edits
• deletes
• reviews
• launders
• red-pencils
• purges
• purifies
• cleanses
• blue-pencils
• suppresses
• expunges
• examines
• guts
• abbreviates
• excises
• blacks out
• condemns
• represses
• silences
• scrutinizes
• screens
• denounces
• x's (out)
• bleeps
• blips
• censures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizes
• approves
• sanctions

3

as in erases

to destroy all traces of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erases
• eradicates
• abolishes
• wipes out
• destroys
• stamps (out)
• sweeps (away)
• blots out
• roots (out)
• snuffs (out)
• blacks out
• obliterates
• rubs out
• cancels
• annihilates
• effaces
• exterminates
• extirpates
• liquidates
• expunges
• shatters
• ravages
• demolishes
• kills
• mows (down)
• tears down
• blows up
• ruins
• consumes
• flattens
• dismantles
• kills off
• discards
• decimates
• devastates
• wastes
• dissolves
• wrecks
• fragments
• throws out
• totals
• smashes
• dashes
• atomizes
• ejects
• expels
• finishes
• devours
• pulverizes
• dooms
• zaps
• powders
• blasts
• terminates
• ditches
• razes
• excises
• splinters
• ousts
• cuts
• dynamites
• jettisons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• saves
• preserves
• builds
• creates
• conserves
• manufactures
• makes
• shapes
• forms
• constructs
• repairs
• frames
• fashions
• forges
• restores
• fixes
• renews
• reconstructs
• rebuilds
• fabricates
• renovates
• revamps
• reconditions
• patches
• mends