cleansing

Other forms of cleansing

plural

cleansings·

comparative

cleansinger·

superlative

cleansingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cleansing

What does cleansing mean?

cleansing means "cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cleansing?

cleansing has 2 syllables: clean-sing. The stress falls on "clean". In IPA it is /ˈklɛnzɪŋ/.

What is another word for cleansing?

Close synonyms include ablutionary, purifying, cleaning, cleanup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cleansing a common word?

cleansing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.