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sheer
Synonyms and Antonyms of sheer
- The car sheered to avoid hitting the dog.
sheer
Synonyms and Antonyms of sheer
- We had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains.
- That story is sheer nonsense.
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, simple, stark, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
- the sheer slopes of the ravine
Synonym Discussion of sheer
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- a steep hill
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- a steep dive
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- a beach with an abrupt drop-off
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- the river winds through a precipitous gorge
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- sheer cliffs that daunted the climbers
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