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Synonyms for "sheer" in English

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sheer:
- sheer; plain; downright; blatant
- sheer; pure; downright
- rank; sheer; absolute; downright; right-down; out-and-out; bold; bluff; plain; unmixed; unmingled
- sheer; perpendicularly
- sheer; cut; trend; curve; swerve; veer; slew; slue

English

Detailed Synonyms for sheer in English

sheer:

sheer adj

sheer
sheer; plain; downright; blatant
- sheer adj
- plain adj
- downright adj
- blatant adj

sheer

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- sheer
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sheer; pure; downright
- sheer
- pure
- downright

sheer adj

sheer

– complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers ¹
rank; sheer; absolute; downright; right-down; out-and-out
– complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers ¹
- rank adj
  - a rank outsider¹
- sheer adj
  - got the job through sheer persistence¹
  - sheer stupidity¹
- absolute adj
  - absolute freedom¹
  - an absolute dimwit¹
- downright adj
  - a downright lie¹
- right-down adj
  - many right-down vices¹
- out-and-out adj
  - out-and-out mayhem¹
  - an out-and-out lie¹
sheer

– very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front ¹
bold; sheer; bluff
– very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front ¹
- bold adj
  - where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise¹
- sheer adj
  - a sheer descent of rock¹
- bluff adj
  - a bluff headland¹
sheer

– not mixed with extraneous elements ¹
plain; sheer; unmixed; unmingled
– not mixed with extraneous elements ¹
- plain adj
  - plain water¹
- sheer adj
  - sheer wine¹
- unmixed adj
  - not an unmixed blessing¹
- unmingled adj

sheer adv

sheer

– directly ¹
sheer
– directly ¹
- sheer adv
  - he fell sheer into the water¹
sheer

– straight up or down without a break ¹
sheer; perpendicularly
– straight up or down without a break ¹
- sheer adv
- perpendicularly adv

sheer verbe

sheer

– cause to sheer ¹
sheer
– cause to sheer ¹
- sheer verbe
  - She sheered her car around the obstacle¹
sheer

– turn sharply; change direction abruptly ¹
to cut; sheer; trend; to curve; to swerve; to veer; slew; slue
– turn sharply; change direction abruptly ¹
- cut verbe (cuts, cut, cutting)
  - The car cut to the left at the intersection¹
- sheer verbe
- trend verbe
- curve verbe (curves, curved, curving)
- swerve verbe (swerves, swerved, swerving)
- veer verbe (veers, veered, veering)
  - The motorbike veered to the right¹
- slew verbe
- slue verbe

Related Words for "sheer":

sheerness, sheerer, sheerest

Alternate Synonyms for "sheer":

absolute; downright; out-and-out; rank; right-down; complete
plain; unmingled; unmixed; pure
bluff; bold; steep
diaphanous; filmy; gauzy; gauze-like; gossamer; see-through; transparent; vaporous; vapourous; cobwebby; thin
swerve; curve; trend; veer; slue; slew; cut; turn
steer; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; direct; point; head; guide; channelize; channelise
perpendicularly

Related Definitions for "sheer":

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers¹
- got the job through sheer persistence¹
- sheer stupidity¹
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front¹
- a sheer descent of rock¹
not mixed with extraneous elements¹
- sheer wine¹
directly¹
- he fell sheer into the water¹
straight up or down without a break¹
cause to sheer¹
- She sheered her car around the obstacle¹
turn sharply; change direction abruptly¹

Related Synonyms for sheer

sheer luck

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University