1. (adj) absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Antonyms: impure, uncomplete, thick, gradual, incomplete
2. (adj) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
not mixed with extraneous elements
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, sheer, apparent, plain, bold, filmy, gauze-like, unembellished, transparent, unmistakable
Antonyms: thick, incomplete, gradual, uncomplete, impure
3. (adj) bluff, bold, sheer
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Synonyms: rank(a), transparent, sheer(a), absolute, cobwebby, vapourous, plain, diaphanous, right-down, sheer, see-through, vaporous, gossamer, filmy, bluff, bold, unmingled, gauze-like, unmixed, downright, gauzy, out-and-out(a)
Antonyms: incomplete, gradual, thick, impure, uncomplete
4. (verb) diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
so thin as to transmit light
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, sheer, miasmal, gossamer, plain, bold, filmy, crystal clear, lucid, gauze-like, vapourific, guileless, transparent
Antonyms: gradual, uncomplete, incomplete, impure, thick
5. (verb) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
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, sheer, make out, geld, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, turn out, snub, slue, slide, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, curl, slip, skid
Antonyms: gradual, incomplete, uncomplete, impure, thick
6. (adverb) sheer
cause to sheer
Synonyms: slue, swerve, cut, trend, veer, slew, curve
Antonyms: impure, incomplete, thick, uncomplete, gradual
7. (adverb) sheer, perpendicularly
straight up or down without a break
Synonyms: sheer, perpendicularly
Antonyms: gradual, thick, uncomplete, incomplete, impure
8. (adverb) sheer
directly
Synonyms: perpendicularly
Antonyms: impure, uncomplete, incomplete, gradual, thick
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Synonyms and Antonyms of sheer 
