plumb

plumb

adjective

Definition of PLUMB

1

having no exceptions or restrictions <a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture>

Synonyms all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very

Related Words authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate; extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific

Near Antonyms doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain

2

rising straight up <the wall was not plumb, so everything else in the room was out of kilter>

Synonyms perpendicular, plumb, raised, standing, stand-up, upright, upstanding, vertical

Related Words elevated, lifted, upended, upraised; semierect; freestanding, stand-alone

Near Antonyms prostrate, supine; diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty

Antonyms flat, recumbent