sanitary adj 1: free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" [syn: {sanitary}, {healthful}] [ant: {insanitary}, {unhealthful}, {unsanitary}]
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]
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "sanitary": 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