Search "sheer" in:
|
Search "sheer" in: sheer[adjective]Entry Word: sheer Function: adjective Meaning: 1 very thin and easy to see through <we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains> Synonyms filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, transparent Related Words clear, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid; lucid, translucent; dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail; colorless, uncolored Near Antonyms opaque; cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, smoky (also smokey); drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless 2 having no exceptions or restrictions <survivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror> — see absolute 2 3 having an incline approaching the perpendicular <the sheer slopes of the ravine> — see steep 1
Learn more about
"sheer" and related topics at
Britannica.com
|
|