cleanser
cleanser noun: someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.

Noun
cleanser (plural cleansers)
- Someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
- The Breeding of Worms in your Desks we cannot prevent, but for the moulding of the books, it may soon be remedied, if the Cleanser of the Library do his duty.1598–1599, Thomas Bodley, item; quoted in “Bodley, and the Bodleian. In Four Parts. Part IV. The Life-Work Done.”, in Charles Dickens [Jr.], editor, All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, volume XXIX...
- Lorraine Massey, a founder of Devachan, simply rinses and agitates her scalp with fingers (or uses a nonlathering cleanser like Devachan No-Poo).2008 February 21, Anna Jane Grossman, “Of Course I Washed My Hair Last Year (I’m Almost Certain)”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- cleaner
cleanser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
cleanser in Hindi
- साफ करने वाला
cleanser in Tamil
- cleanser, detergent
- அழுக்ககற்றி aḻukkakaṟṟi
cleanser in Urdu
- صاف کرنے والا, کلینزر
cleanser in Bengali
- ক্লিনজার
More languagesFewer languages
- cleanser in Telugu
- ప్రక్షాళనకారి
- cleanser in Malayalam
- ക്ലീൻസർ
- cleanser in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಕ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಕಾರಿ, ಶುಭ್ರಕಾರಕ
- cleanser in Punjabi
- ਸਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਕਲੀਨਜ਼ਰ
- cleanser in Gujarati
- સફાઇ કરનાર, ક્લીંઝર
Examples of cleanser in a sentence
- The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.
- He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
Synonyms of cleanser
Forms of cleanser
| plural | cleansers |
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Origin of cleanser
From Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse + -er.
Words formed from cleanser
Phrases with cleanser
Questions about cleanser
- What does cleanser mean?
- Cleanser means someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
- What is cleanser in Hindi?
- Cleanser in Hindi is साफ करने वाला. See Cleanser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cleanser?
- Cleanser is a noun.
- What is the plural of cleanser?
- The plural of cleanser is cleansers.
Words near cleanser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cleanser (page history and authors); cleanser (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); அழுக்ககற்றி (Tamil) (page history and authors); cleanser (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleanser (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleanser (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleanser (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleanser (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cleanser (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleanser (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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