Antonyms for cleanup
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kleen-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklinˌʌp |
Definition of cleanup
- As in pay dirt : noun profit
- As in pretext : noun disguise; alleged reason
- As in profit : noun gain
- As in purge : noun elimination, removal
- As in consummation : noun achievement, fulfillment
- As in defense : noun explanation, justification
- As in excuse : noun reason, explanation
- Mrs. Cloam will take care of you, and find all that is needful for a warrior's cleanup.
- Extract from : « Springhaven » by R. D. Blackmore
- You were responsible for the food, how to ration it as well as preparation and cleanup.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson
- We'll go to fifty thousand dollars or so on a cleanup job, and you use that.
- Extract from : « Prologue to an Analogue » by Leigh Richmond
- A forty thousand cleanup, Jack, just for a bit of judicious nerve!
- Extract from : « An Oregon Girl » by Alfred Ernest Rice
- We could have made a cleanup and gone into Central with a record that would make their eyes pop out.
- Extract from : « You Too Can Be A Millionaire » by Noel Miller Loomis
- These were merely a set-off, I presume, to the chunks of gold he showed us (the size of a fist), each being a week's "cleanup."
- Extract from : « Overland Tales » by Josephine Clifford
- Moir and his men would waste no time in the Dead Lands after making their cleanup.
- Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
- Besides the cleanup features a display of toilet articles and wearing apparel had to be made.
- Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
- A detail of men were left at Blancheville to cleanup; overtaking the outfit later on single mount.
- Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
- This cleanup theme isn't bad, it's just peace on earth that doesn't really belong to us you know.
- Extract from : « Prologue to an Analogue » by Leigh Richmond
Synonyms for cleanup
- abolition
- abstersion
- accumulation
- acquisition
- advancement
- advantage
- affectation
- aggrandizement
- alibi
- answer
- apologetics
- apologia
- apologizing
- apology
- appearance
- argument
- augmentation
- avail
- benefit
- bluff
- bottom line
- catharsis
- clarification
- cleaning
- cleanup
- cloak
- color
- coloring
- completion
- cop-out
- copout
- coup
- cover
- cover story
- cover-up
- coverup
- crushing
- culmination
- defense
- device
- disguise
- disposal
- disposition
- doing it to a T
- earnings
- ejection
- emoluments
- end
- eradication
- evacuation
- evasion
- excretion
- exculpation
- excuse
- excusing
- exoneration
- expedient
- explaining
- expulsion
- expurgation
- extenuation
- extermination
- extirpation
- face
- feint
- fig leaf
- fish story
- front
- gate
- goods
- gravy
- gross
- grounds
- guise
- harvest
- income
- interest
- jive
- justification
- killing
- liquidation
- lucre
- makeshift
- mask
- masquerade
- mitigation
- mop-up
- murder
- net
- off-time
- output
- outturn
- payoff
- percentage
- perfection
- plea
- ploy
- pretense
- pretext
- proceeds
- product
- production
- purification
- rationalization
- realization
- receipt
- receipts
- red herring
- regrets
- reign of terror
- rejoinder
- remuneration
- reply
- response
- retort
- return
- revenue
- routine
- ruse
- saving
- score
- semblance
- shift
- show
- simulation
- skim
- song
- song and dance
- split
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- stratagem
- substitute
- subterfuge
- suppression
- surplus
- take
- takings
- to a finish
- trick
- turnout
- use
- value
- veil
- velvet
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
- wind-up
- winnings
- witch hunt
- wrap
- wrap-up
- yield
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