Englisch

Detailed Synonyms for sheer in Englisch

sheer:

sheer Adjektiv

  1. sheer
    sheer; plain; downright; blatant

sheer Adjektiv

  1. sheer
    – complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers 1
    rank; sheer; absolute; downright; right-down; out-and-out
    – complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers 1
    • rank Adjektiv
      • a rank outsider1
    • sheer Adjektiv
      • got the job through sheer persistence1
      • sheer stupidity1
    • absolute Adjektiv
      • absolute freedom1
      • an absolute dimwit1
    • downright Adjektiv
      • a downright lie1
    • right-down Adjektiv
      • many right-down vices1
    • out-and-out Adjektiv
      • out-and-out mayhem1
      • an out-and-out lie1
  2. sheer
    – very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front 1
    bold; sheer; bluff
    – very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front 1
    • bold Adjektiv
      • where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise1
    • sheer Adjektiv
      • a sheer descent of rock1
    • bluff Adjektiv
      • a bluff headland1
  3. sheer
    – not mixed with extraneous elements 1
    plain; sheer; unmixed; unmingled
    – not mixed with extraneous elements 1

sheer adv

  1. sheer
    – directly 1
    sheer
    – directly 1
    • sheer adv
      • he fell sheer into the water1
  2. sheer
    – straight up or down without a break 1
    sheer; perpendicularly
    – straight up or down without a break 1

sheer Verb

  1. sheer
    – cause to sheer 1
    sheer
    – cause to sheer 1
    • sheer Verb
      • She sheered her car around the obstacle1
  2. sheer
    – turn sharply; change direction abruptly 1
    to cut; sheer; trend; to curve; to swerve; to veer; slew; slue
    – turn sharply; change direction abruptly 1
    • cut Verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
      • The car cut to the left at the intersection1
    • sheer Verb
    • trend Verb
    • curve Verb (curves, curved, curving)
    • swerve Verb (swerves, swerved, swerving)
    • veer Verb (veers, veered, veering)
      • The motorbike veered to the right1
    • slew Verb
    • slue Verb

Verwandte Wörter für "sheer":

  • sheerness, sheerer, sheerest

Alternate Synonyms for "sheer":


Verwandte Definitionen für "sheer":

  1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers1
    • got the job through sheer persistence1
    • sheer stupidity1
  2. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front1
    • a sheer descent of rock1
  3. not mixed with extraneous elements1
    • sheer wine1
  4. directly1
    • he fell sheer into the water1
  5. straight up or down without a break1
  6. cause to sheer1
    • She sheered her car around the obstacle1
  7. turn sharply; change direction abruptly1

Related Synonyms for sheer