cleaner

Meaning

Noun

1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
4. (in-plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
5. (idiomatic, informal) A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

Adj

comparative form of clean: more clean

clean

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb
• Adv

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Synonyms

cleanser

janitor

scavenger

purifier

dry cleaner

sweeper

washer

cleansing agent

charwoman

cleaning woman

purger

detergent

wiper

caretaker

cleaners

strainer

woman

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decontaminant

depurant

filtrator

scale-borer

depurator

cleaning equipment

dust arrester

suction cleaner

purifying agent

putty-powder

dust-collecter

dirt collecter

packed bed filter

devaporizer

stay-furring tool

abstergent

desludging separator

aspirator

char

charlady

cleaning agent

cleaning lady

clearer

dry-cleaner’s

dust catcher

eraser

exhauster

filter

refiner

remover

rip

Translations

nettoyeur

limpiador

femme de ménage

netejador

Putzfrau

pressing

limpador

καθαριστής

temizleyici

donna delle pulizie

addetto alle pulizie

Filter

filtro

sauberer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkliː.nə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clener

Inherited from Old English: clǣnra

In summary

Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).