Sheer

/ˈʃɪə/

Synonyms for "sheer" (347 found)

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Closest matches (70)

Adjective(8 words)

absolute transparent abject absolutest bluff bold clear cobwebby

aberrancy aberrationabout shipabrupt absolute absolutely airyall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracing all-encompassing all-out all-pervading angleangle offaplomb arduous arrantat right angles

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avertback and fillbare barefacedbear awaybear offbear to starboardbeatbeat aboutbend bent bias blank blasted blessed bluff bold bornbox offbranchbranch offbranching offbreak breakneckbring aboutbring roundbroad-based cantcant roundcastcast aboutchange coursechange the bearingchange the headingchiffon circuitousness clarified clean clearclear as crystalcome about

Noun(1 words)

absolute values

Strong matches (104)

complete comprehensive confounded congenital consummate corner crook crystalcrystal clearcrystal-clear crystalline curve declinationdeep dyeddeep-dyed deflectdepart fromdeparture detour deviance

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deviancy deviate deviation deviousness diaphane diaphanous digress digression dip discursion distilled divagate divagation divaricate divarication diverge divergence diversion divert dogleg doubledouble a pointdownright drift driftingdyed-in-the-woolegregious errantry excursion excursus exhaustive exorbitationfetch aboutfilmy fine flimsy gauzygo aboutgossamer gossamery gross gybe hairpin headlongheave roundheel implicit indirection infernal intensive irretrievably irrevocably jibejibe all standinglean light-pervious limpid lucid lurch main meremiss staysnaked neat nonopaque oblique

Adjective(9 words)

complete diaphanous downright filmy gauze-like gauzier gauziest gauzy gossamer

Noun(3 words)

complete answercomplete controlcrying

Verb(2 words)

curve cut

Adjective(4 words)

diaphanous filmy gauzy gossamer

Related words (173)

obliquity omnibus omnipresent orthodiagonal orthogonalout-and-outoutright peekaboo pellucid pererration perfect perfectly perpendicular perpendicularly pervasive pivot plain plumb plunging ply

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positive precipitate precipitous pure purifiedput aboutput backquite radical rambling rank rapid rectified regular revealing right right-angle right-angled right-angularround a pointsee-through sharp sheerly shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathsideling simple skew skid slant slew slue square stark steep stickle straight straight-upstraight-up-and-downstraying sway sweep sweeping swerve swerving swingswing roundswing the sternswinging tack thin thorough thoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughthrow abouttotal translucent transparent transpicuous trend turnturn asideturn backturning twist ubiquitous unadorned unadulterated unalloyed unblended unclouded uncombined uncompounded unconditional uncorrupted undiluted unenhanced unfortified universal unleavened unmingled unmitigated unmixed unqualified unrelievedly unreserved unrestricted unsophisticated untingedup and downup-and-downutter variation vary veer veritable vertical very volte-face wandering warp wearwear shipwheel whip whirl wholesale wince wind yaw zigzag

Noun(10 words)

onionskin organdie organdyportuguese totalrank conceptrank membersrank studentstotal the billtransparent glaze pigmentvoile

Adjective(21 words)

out-and-outplain precipitousprecipitous changepure rank right-down see-through steepsteep bankswedish absolutthin painttotal energy consumption figuretranslucenttransparent pigmentunmingled unmixed utter vaporous vapourous

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vertical

Adverb(1 words)

perpendicularly

Adjective(1 words)

see-through

Verb(5 words)

slew slue swerve trend veer

Determiner(1 words)

the total

Related word relations

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More general

18 entries

channelise channelizedegree worddirectfabric propertyguide head intensifier maneuver manoeuver manoeuvrematerial qualitymodifier point steersurface property

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More specific

6 entries

chiffon cliff precipice unadulterated undiluted voile

Collocations

6 entries

sheer cliffsheer effortsheer fabricsheer joysheer lucksheer magnitude

Inflections

2 entries

sheerer sheerest

Derivations

2 entries

sheerly sheerness

similar

4 entries

complete pure steep thin

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.

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It is a sheer waste of time.

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We survived by sheer luck.

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He recalled that a collision had been avoided by sheer luck.

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