Home › Words › C › cleansercleansercleanser means someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.EtymologyFrom Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse + -er.nounSomeone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.e.g.“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, Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cleaner 70% match — A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows. vs cleanser →cleanse 68% match — To free from dirt; to clean, to purify. vs cleanser →cleansing 67% match — That cleanses. vs cleanser →abstergent 65% match — Cleansing, detergent. vs cleanser →recleaner 64% match — That which cleans something again. vs cleanser →precleaner 63% match — A device or component that performs preliminary cleaning. vs cleanser →detersion 63% match — The act of deterging or cleansing. vs cleanser →cleansingly 63% match — So as to cleanse. vs cleanser →