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- Russia's absolute monarchy effectively ceased to be when Czar Nicholas II promised to share power with a legislative body
Synonyms for absolute
- arbitrary,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- czarist
- (also tsarist or tzarist),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- monocratic,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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- ironing is an absolute bore
- I want the absolute truth
Synonyms for absolute
- all-out,
- arrant,
- blank,
- blooming
- [chiefly British],
- bodacious
- [Southern & Midland],
- categorical
- (also categoric),
- clean,
- complete,
- consummate,
- 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
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- a formal living room decorated with absolute taste
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Words Related to absolute
- classic,
- dandy,
- excellent,
- fabulous,
- fine,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- grand,
- great,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- prime,
- superb,
- superior,
- superlative,
- terrific,
- top,
- top-notch,
- unsurpassed
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- absolute alcohol
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- absolute proof of her innocence
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“Absolute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolute. Accessed 27 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of absolute was in the 14th century
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