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sheer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheer

1 to change one's course or direction

the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane

Synonyms of sheer

detour, deviate, diverge, swerve, swing, turn, turn off, veer, wheel

Words Related to sheer

double (back), turn back

2 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course

the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog

Synonyms of sheer

break, cut, swerve, veer, yaw, zag, zig

Words Related to sheer

skew, slew (also slue)

arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, hook, round, sweep, wheel

about-face, pivot

circle, coil, curl, loop, spiral

turn, twist, wind

deviate, stray, wander, waver

Antonyms of sheer

sheer

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheer

1 very thin and easy to see through

we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains

Synonyms of sheer

cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, see-through, transparent

Words Related to sheer

clear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid

lucid, translucent

dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantial

colorless, uncolored

Near Antonyms of sheer

cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky (also smokey)

drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless

2 having no exceptions or restrictions

survivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror

Synonyms of sheer

absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very

Words Related to sheer

authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable

constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting

extreme, unrestricted

confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate

extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific

Near Antonyms of sheer

doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain

3 having an incline approaching the perpendicular

the sheer slopes of the ravine

Synonyms of sheer

abrupt, bold, precipitous, steep

Words Related to sheer

perpendicular, plumb, straight, vertical

craggy, hillocky, hilly, mountainous, scarped

angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, listed, slanted, sloped, tilted, tipped

Near Antonyms of sheer

gentle, gradual, moderate, soft

even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth, unruffled, unwrinkled

Antonyms of sheer

Synonym Discussion of sheer

steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult.

- a steep hill
- a steep dive

abrupt implies a sharper pitch and a sudden break in the level.

- a beach with an abrupt drop-off

precipitous applies to an incline approaching the vertical.

- the river winds through a precipitous gorge

sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular expanse.

- sheer cliffs that daunted the climbers

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