SHEEREST Synonyms

• thoroughgoing

• characterized by plain blunt honesty

• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

• a small pond of standing water

• being nothing more than specified

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• intersecting at or forming right angles

• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

• a straight line at right angles to another line

• a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

• a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point

• an extremely steep face

• so steep as to be nearly vertical

• free of extraneous elements of any kind

• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

• (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• free from discordant qualities

• concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

• in a state of sexual virginity

• so thin as to transmit light

• having a sharp inclination

• a steep place (as on a hill)

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• of a slope; set at a high angle

• devote (oneself) fully to

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

• of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

• lacking excess flesh

• relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

• without viscosity

• very narrow

• not dense

• lacking spirit or sincere effort

• lacking substance or significance

• lose thickness; become thin or thinner

• make thin or thinner

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• not diluted

• not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier

• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

• relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

• upright in position or posture

• something that is oriented vertically

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)