Mere

//mɪə̯//

Synonyms for "mere" (104 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

simple absolute austere bare basic bog bottom bottomland chaste cistern dam dike

Adjective(7 words)

abject alone arrant bare complete consummate downright

Adjective(1 words)

bare

Noun(1 words)

dyke

Strong matches (31)

elementary essential everglade fishpond fundamental glade hog wallow homely homespun homogeneous indivisible irreducible just lagoon loch main meadow meager minute mire

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monolithic moor morass moss mud mud flat of a piece only

Adjective(3 words)

famous only out-and-out

Related words (52)

perfect plain plash pond pool primal primary puddle pure pure and simple quagmire quicksand reservoir salina salt marsh scant severe sheer simon pure simon-pure

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single slough spare specified stark sump swamp tank unadorned uncluttered undifferenced undifferentiated undiluted unenhanced uniform unmitigated unmixed wallow wash water hole well

Adjective(9 words)

proper regular root and branch simple thoroughgoing total utter very whole-ass

Adjective(1 words)

simple

Noun(1 words)

umstroke

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

pond pool

Synonyms

1 entries

simple

Related terms

1 entries

mereing

derived

19 entries

Branston and Mere Hertsmere Woodmere dungmere mareblob marsh mere exposure effect mere mortal mere pool merely meresman merestake merestead merestone mereswine meretree

Showing 16 of 19 words.

has context

4 entries

cartography dialectal literary united kingdom

is a

1 entries

pond

related to

24 entries

belgium bound boundary cheshire complete diminutive divide downright east flanders england famous just limit maori mereing only

Showing 16 of 24 words.

similar

3 entries

plain specified

Translations

24 translations across 18 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

само adj (just, only; no more than)

Catalan

1 entries

mer adj (just, only; no more than)

Chinese

1 entries

僅 /仅 adj (just, only; no more than)

Dutch

3 entries

louter adj (just, only; no more than)
luttel adj (just, only; no more than)
schamel adj (just, only; no more than)

Finnish

1 entries

pelkkä adj (just, only; no more than)

French

1 entries

simple adj (just, only; no more than)

German

1 entries

bloß adj (just, only; no more than)

Hungarian

2 entries

csupán adj (just, only; no more than)
puszta adj (just, only; no more than)

Khmer

1 entries

គ្រាន់តែ adj (just, only; no more than)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

قورو adj (just, only; no more than)

Polish

1 entries

sam adj (just, only; no more than)

Portuguese

1 entries

mero adj (just, only; no more than)

Romanian

1 entries

simplu adj (just, only; no more than)

Russian

2 entries

не бо́лее чем adj (just, only; no more than)
просто́й adj (just, only; no more than)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

пуки adj (just, only; no more than)

Spanish

1 entries

mero adj (just, only; no more than)

Swedish

2 entries

bara adj (just, only; no more than)
blott adj (just, only; no more than)

Ukrainian

2 entries

лише́ adj (just, only; no more than)
прости́й adj (just, only; no more than)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.

Source: tatoeba (1342)

You are no longer a mere child.

Source: tatoeba (16346)

Mere decay produces richer life.

Source: tatoeba (22299)

The mere sight of a snake makes her sick.

Source: tatoeba (23592)

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