Antonyms for sheer
ʃɪərsheer

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1. sheer

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. sheer

   Antonyms:
   mixed, qualified, adulterated, modified, partial

   Synonyms:
   pure, mere, unmixed, unqualified, unmitigated, absolute, simple, unadulterated

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1. absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)adjective

   complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

   "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

   Antonyms:
   impure, uncomplete, thick, gradual, incomplete

2. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixedadjective

   not mixed with extraneous elements

   "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

   Antonyms:
   thick, incomplete, gradual, uncomplete, impure

   Synonyms:
   evident, bare, spare, gauzy, downright, unpatterned, uncompounded, cobwebby, unmixed, unornamented, vapourous, right-down, out-and-out(a), manifest, patent, absolute, vaporous, homely, see-through, unmingled, unvarnished, rank(a), gossamer, bluff, sheer(a), diaphanous, apparent, plain, bold, filmy, gauze-like, unembellished, transparent, unmistakable

3. bluff, bold, sheeradjective

   very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

   "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

   Antonyms:
   incomplete, gradual, thick, impure, uncomplete

   Synonyms:
   rank(a), transparent, sheer(a), absolute, cobwebby, vapourous, plain, diaphanous, right-down, see-through, vaporous, gossamer, filmy, bluff, bold, unmingled, gauze-like, unmixed, downright, gauzy, out-and-out(a)

4. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebbyverb

   so thin as to transmit light

   "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, uncomplete, incomplete, impure, thick

   Synonyms:
   gauzy, vaporific, miasmic, vapourish, crystalline, cobwebby, unmixed, downright, vapourous, right-down, pellucid, out-and-out(a), absolute, vaporous, see-through, unmingled, vaporish, ethereal, rank(a), limpid, bluff, sheer(a), diaphanous, miasmal, gossamer, plain, bold, filmy, crystal clear, lucid, gauze-like, vapourific, guileless, transparent

5. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutverb

   turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, incomplete, uncomplete, impure, thick

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, wind, turn off, edit out, arch, twist, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, kink, cut, rationalize, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, crook, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, arc, contract, burn, dilute, curve, switch off, make out, geld, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, turn out, snub, slue, slide, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, curl, slip, skid

6. sheeradverb

   cause to sheer

   "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

   Antonyms:
   impure, incomplete, thick, uncomplete, gradual

   Synonyms:
   slue, swerve, cut, trend, veer, slew, curve

7. sheer, perpendicularlyadverb

   straight up or down without a break

   Antonyms:
   gradual, thick, uncomplete, incomplete, impure

   Synonyms:
   perpendicularly

8. sheeradverb

   directly

   "he fell sheer into the water"

   Antonyms:
   impure, uncomplete, incomplete, gradual, thick

   Synonyms:
   perpendicularly

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1. sheeradjective

   Synonyms:
   thin, unadulterated, pure, unmixed, precipitous, abrupt, perpendicular

How to use sheer in a sentence?

1. Paton Walsh:

   It just strikes you how incredibly tough all these people are and the sheer grit that they’re showing to get this far, but also how incredibly unpleasant the places they must be fleeing from are to make them endure this kind of torture, to some degree, over many days.

2. Tim Walz:

   Both leaders have implied that organized outsiders, including but not limited to anarchists, white supremacists, and gangs from other states, were behind the destruction and chaos in Minneapolis. POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS US CONDEMN OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE George Floyds DEATH The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests... The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished by the sheer scope and seemingly organized nature of the assaults.

3. Andrew Wyatt:

   Bill Cosby has vehemently proclaimed Bill Cosby innocence and continues to deny all allegations made against Bill Cosby, as being false, without the sheer evidence of any proof. Today, Bill Cosby continues to remain hopeful that the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court will issue an opinion to vacate Bill Cosby conviction or warrant Bill Cosby a new trial.

4. Frank Giustra:

   Other media outlets have insinuated that I influenced the decision by the U.S. to sign a free trade agreement with Colombia, at one point, I was an investor in Pacific Rubiales, a Colombian energy company. I sold my shares in Pacific Rubiales several years before the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which, I will note, was approved by several U.S. agencies and the White House. To theorize that I had anything to do with that is sheer conjecture.

5. Ada Kong:

   Nowadays, most risks from tailing ponds have been brought to the attention of regulatory bodies, yet tailing ponds and dams are ticking bombs due to their sheer volume, and the challenge to local authorities is still significant.

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