Meanings
comparative more clean-shaven · superlative most clean-shaven · alternative cleanshaven · alternative clean-shaved
- Having had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible.
a clean-shaven man; a clean-shaven face; a clean-shaven leg
1 more example
A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the Brigadier Triumphed in England”, in The Adventures of GerardSynonyms: barefaced, smooth-shaven
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveclosely shaved recently
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto pure razita
- pure razitahaving had hair shaved off
Finnish parraton, sileäleukainen
- parratontranslations to be checked
- sileäleukainentranslations to be checked
- sileäposkinentranslations to be checked
German glattrasiert
- glattrasierthaving had hair shaved off
Greek καλοξυρισμένος
- καλοξυρισμένος (kaloxyrisménos)having had hair shaved off
Polish ogolony
- ogolonyhaving had hair shaved off
Russian безбородый
- безбородый (bezborodyj)having had hair shaved off
Scottish Gaelic air a bhearradh
- air a bhearradhtranslations to be checked
Swedish slätrakad, renrakad
- slätrakadhaving had hair shaved off
- renrakadhaving had hair shaved off
Welsh di-farf
- di-farfhaving had hair shaved off
Cite this entry
clean-shaven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean-shaven
“clean-shaven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean-shaven. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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