English

Detailed Synonyms for sheer in English

sheer:

sheer adj

  1. sheer

sheer adj

  1. sheer
    – complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers 1
    rank; sheer; absolute; downright; out-and-out; right-down
    – 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
    • out-and-out adj
      • out-and-out mayhem1
      • an out-and-out lie1
    • right-down adj
      • many right-down vices1
  2. 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
  3. sheer
    – not mixed with extraneous elements 1
    plain; sheer; unmixed; unmingled
    – not mixed with extraneous elements 1

sheer adv

  1. sheer
    – directly 1
    sheer
    – directly 1
    • sheer adv
      • he fell sheer into the water1
  2. sheer
    – straight up or down without a break 1
    sheer; perpendicularly
    – straight up or down without a break 1

sheer verb

  1. sheer
    – cause to sheer 1
    sheer
    – cause to sheer 1
    • sheer verb
      • She sheered her car around the obstacle1
  2. 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 verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
      • The car cut to the left at the intersection1
    • sheer verb
    • trend verb
    • curve verb (curves, curved, curving)
    • swerve verb (swerves, swerved, swerving)
    • veer verb (veers, veered, veering)
      • The motorbike veered to the right1
    • slew verb
    • slue verb

Related Words for "sheer":

  • sheerness, sheerer, sheerest

Alternate Synonyms for "sheer":


Related Definitions for "sheer":

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

Related Synonyms for sheer