Antonyms of adj sooty
2 senses of sooty
Sense 1
coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty -- (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal)
INDIRECT (VIA achromatic) -> chromatic -- (being or having or characterized by hue)
Sense 2
sooty -- (covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney")
INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean -- (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals")
Similarity of adj sooty
2 senses of sooty
Sense 1
coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty -- (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal)
=> achromatic (vs. chromatic), neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")
Sense 2
sooty -- (covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney")
=> dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves")