'Sanitary' definitions:
Definition of 'sanitary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" [syn: sanitary, healthful] [ant: insanitary, unhealthful, unsanitary]
Definition of 'Sanitary'
From: GCIDE
- Sanitary \San"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. sanitas health: cf. F. sanitaire. See Sanity.] Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. [1913 Webster]
- Sanitary Commission. See under Commission. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sanitary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antiseptic,
- aseptic,
- beneficial,
- benign,
- boiled,
- bracing,
- clean,
- constitutional,
- decontaminated,
- disinfected,
- good,
- good for,
- health-enhancing,
- health-preserving,
- healthful,
- healthy,
- hygeian,
- hygienic,
- invigorating,
- pasteurized,
- prophylactic,
- refreshing,
- salubrious,
- salutary,
- sterile,
- sterilized,
- tonic,
- uninfected,
- unpolluted,
- wholesome