OUT-AND-OUT Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

out-and-out

adjective

ˌau̇t-ᵊn(d)-ˈau̇t

as in utter

having no exceptions or restrictions an out-and-out cheater at every game she plays her story is not just an exaggeration, it's an out-and-out lie

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as in thorough

trying all possibilities mounted an out-and-out effort to find the lost child

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Recent Examples of out-and-out With some franchises in this intensely competitive market, stockpiling high picks and doing a rebuild is frowned upon if not out-and-out rejected by fans. —

Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026 But no one has just been out-and-out hostile to him. —

Matthew Stolle, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026 More than 550 people attended to cheer on the eclectic group of trailblazers, stars and out-and-out icons. —

Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025 There was out-and-out enslavement, of Native Americans and Africans; there were onerous tribute demands and a labor corvée called the repartimiento. —

Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out-and-out

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Adjective

Trump has opened our eyes to the consequences of extreme greed, corruption, cruelty, and utter disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law.

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
Tharmarajah provides a great balance of comic relief and utter poignance, explaining his survival techniques as an orphan, carving out a pragmatic path in life leading to a particular kind of soaring.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 June 2026