arrant

adjective

ˈa-rənt How to pronounce arrant (audio)
Definition of arrantnext
as in utter
having no exceptions or restrictions that statement is complete and arrant nonsense

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrant
  1. utter
  2. sheer
  3. absolute
  4. complete
  5. pure
  6. unconditional
  7. total
  8. outright
Adjective
  • The Springboks struggled to reflect their utter domination on the scoreboard and ought to have doubled their seven actual tries by seven different scorers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The problem is Will Ferrell as Lonnie Hawkins, an utter miscalculation of characterization and performance chiefly responsible for turning what could be middling comedy into an unbearable slog.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of utter
Adjective
  • The aspiring model was blooming in florals in the sculptural look, which featured a strapless bubble top paired with a sheer floor-length skirt, both of which were embroidered with purple and blue floral designs.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • Yet, in the last two years, this sentiment of sheer doom has slowly and steadily begun to give way to a tentative yet very much present hope.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of sheer
Adjective
  • Yet Ada is an absolute delight, hilariously satirical and brilliantly made.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Despite its sulfuric stench, in a stroke of absolute luck, this meteorite crashed into the right house.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of absolute
Adjective
  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s third career complete game was the highlight of the win in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Sunday.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • The robots perform a complete workflow, including collecting materials, placing components with precision, interacting with inspection equipment and returning finished products.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Definition of complete
Adjective
  • The achievement shows how OpenAI and other AI firms are heavily investing in pure mathematics as a way to benchmark the technology’s ascent towards reasoning—and the strange directions those efforts often take.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • There were new artists emerging who were sort of pure electronic artists like Kraftwerk and Gary Numan and so on.
    — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 14 July 2026
Definition of pure
Adjective
  • Crocker, who survived the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, said that at this point an unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic should be the objective.
    — Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Ramp, the corporate card and expense management company backed by Iconiq and valued at $44 billion, is now Senra’s largest advertiser and, by CEO Glyman’s own description, an unconditional backer.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of unconditional
Adjective
  • Democrat Alisa Simmons has raised roughly two-thirds of Republican incumbent Tim O’Hare in total political contributions in the Tarrannt County judge race from February to July.
    — Rachel Royster July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • That’s a total reduction of about 3 million acres in southern Utah.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
Definition of total
Adjective
  • Both states sharply limit non-competes, and California bans most outright.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • In Gosha’s case, that involves getting mixed up with gangsters at a seedy nightclub, a sequence that quickly deteriorates from being mildly comical to sinister to outright terrifying by even degrees.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of outright
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“Arrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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