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 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 The Conjuring is an out-and-out masterpiece that introduced Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s versions of real-life ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren and inaugurated what would become horror’s first $2 billion franchise. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 Oct. 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 Ten years later, the first out-and-out skate shoe would launch through the Era, which was designed with help from pioneers Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. —

Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for out-and-out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-and-out

Adjective

This would be an utter disaster; 70% to 100% of the several countries in this region fully rely on desalination plants.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
On the lighter end of the dark comedy spectrum, Ruthless People is an utter joy from beginning to end, a mid-80s classic that still sparkles today.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026