Synonyms of mere

mere 1 of 2

adjective

ˈmir 

as in very

being this and no more

the mere idea of your traveling alone to Europe is ridiculous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• sheer
• simple
• bare
• total
• only
• pure
• absolute
• outright
• utter
• sole
• lone
• solitary
• unmitigated
• unqualified
• out-and-out
• arrant
• unadulterated
• stark
• unalloyed
• alone
• all-out
• singular
• unique
• solo

mere

2 of 2

noun

chiefly British

as in puddle

a small often deep body of water

one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puddle
• pool
• well
• lake
• stank
• pond
• billabong
• basin
• swimming pool
• hole
• water hole
• sinkhole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mere

Adjective

Houston is 36-27 in those games and 20-28 in all the others, underscoring what Peña’s mere presence means to a team without much depth behind him. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

The news comes mere days after rival OpenAI revealed that an autonomous AI agent had broken out of its sandbox to engage in a multi-day intrusion of the AI community platform Hugging Face. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 31 July 2026

So reasoning traces, the very things that supposedly distinguish LRMs from the mere next-word-predicting LLMs, are not necessarily either meaningful or causal to a model’s … reasoning? — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026

In his sentencing memo, lawyers for the young Haji Zada portrayed him as a mere teenager who was only trying to fulfill the wishes of his older brother-in-law, and not as someone driven by radical ideology. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026