What is another word for sheer?
942 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈi͡ə], [ ʃˈiə], [ ʃ_ˈiə]
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Similar words for sheer:
- abrupt, steep (adjective)
- absolute (adjective)
- bare (adjective)
- blank (adjective)
- blatant (adjective)
- crashing (adjective)
- diaphanous (adjective)
- extreme (adjective)
- filmy (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- gossamer (adjective)
- lacy (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- lucid (adjective)
- main (adjective)
- mere (adjective)
- naked (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- perfect (adjective)
- perpendicular (adjective)
- plumb (adjective)
- rank (adjective)
- simple (adjective)
- steep (adjective)
- straight (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
- total (adjective)
- transparent (adjective)
- unbounded (adjective)
- undiluted (adjective)
- unmitigated (adjective)
- unqualified (adjective)
- unrelieved (adjective)
- upright (adjective)
- utmost (adjective)
- utter (adjective)
- vapory (adjective)
- vertical (adjective)
- very (adjective)
- weightless (adjective)
- all (adverb)
- bluff (noun)
- bold (noun)
- curve (noun)
- cut (noun)
- downright (noun)
- gossamer (noun)
- out-and-out (noun)
- perpendicularly (noun)
- plain (noun)
- right-down (noun)
- sheer (noun)
- deflect (verb)
- dip (verb)
- divert (verb)
- lean (verb)
- pivot (verb)
- skid (verb)
- swerve (verb)
- swing (verb)
- turn (verb)
- veer (verb)
- other synonyms
- deflect
- other relevant words
- skid
- thin
Synonyms for Sheer:
adj.
• abrupt, steep (adjective) • absolute (adjective)- freest,
- entire,
- quite,
- no fine print,
- no strings attached,
- altogether,
- no ifs ands or buts,
- infinite,
- straight out,
- no joke,
- no holds barred,
- no catch.
- most unornamented,
- more unornamented,
- meager,
- unembellished,
- un-ornamented,
- un-embellished,
- un ornamented,
- un embellished.
- more protrusive,
- un abashed,
- over bold,
- over-bold,
- Flaunting,
- more screaming,
- glitziest,
- glitzier,
- more prominent,
- un-abashed,
- most protrusive,
- more pronounced,
- most overbold,
- un blushing,
- most screaming,
- un-blushing,
- more overbold,
- shameless.
- fine grained,
- in substantial,
- in-substantial,
- more fine grained,
- most fine-grained,
- more finegrained,
- floatiest,
- more tiffany,
- most tiffany,
- more cobwebby,
- floatier,
- most cobwebby,
- more fine-grained,
- most finegrained,
- most fine grained,
- finegrained.
- in-firmest,
- most cut rate,
- un-substantial,
- more rinkydink,
- more cut-rate,
- in firmest,
- shallower,
- in-firmer,
- un-sounder,
- more cut rate,
- house cards,
- shallow,
- un sound,
- most rinkydink,
- most cut-rate,
- cutrate,
- most papery,
- un-soundest,
- un substantial,
- more cutrate,
- most cutrate,
- in-adequate,
- un-sound,
- more papery,
- in firmer,
- un sounder,
- in adequate,
- in-firm,
- rickety.
- meshier,
- more filigree,
- more lacelike,
- lacelike,
- most patterned,
- frillier,
- Meshy,
- frilliest,
- most lacelike,
- most filigree,
- more patterned,
- frilly,
- meshiest.
- featherweight,
- frothy,
- Floatable,
- lightest,
- Imponderous,
- sylphlike,
- weightless,
- unheavy,
- tissuelike,
- lithe,
- light-footed.
- steep,
- upright,
- diaphanous,
- aery,
- glitzy,
- too-too,
- transparent,
- overbold,
- sure enough,
- straight-up,
- house of cards,
- top most,
- cobweblike,
- rank,
- paper-thin,
- stark,
- unrelieved,
- absolute,
- filmy,
- perpendicular,
- worst case,
- cut rate,
- in firm,
- undisguised,
- lacy,
- flimsy,
- unornamented,
- paper thin,
- very,
- papery,
- rinkydink,
- pure,
- unmitigated,
- floaty,
- seethrough,
- never-failing,
- Subtile,
- light,
- light as a feather,
- complete,
- utmost,
- prerupt,
- tiffany,
- Vapory,
- without reservation,
- simple,
- chiffon,
- declivitous,
- wafer-thin,
- unblurred,
- membranous,
- Transpicuous,
- on end,
- fine-grained,
- very same,
- cut-rate,
- see through,
- unabated,
- straight up,
- pre-eminent,
- sure-enough,
- gauzy,
- clear cut,
- vertical,
- utter,
- precipitous,
- unbounded,
- blatant,
- cobwebby,
- main,
- mere,
- unqualified,
- out and out,
- naked,
- straight,
- total,
- protrusive,
- stand-up,
- bare,
- end on,
- unalleviated,
- thin,
- all-fired,
- blank,
- upended.
- more straight-up,
- most stand-up,
- more standup,
- more stand up,
- most straightup,
- most straight-up,
- straightup,
- most straight up,
- more straight up,
- standup,
- more stand-up,
- most stand up,
- most standup,
- more straightup.
- inelaborate,
- folksy,
- unfussy,
- uncombined,
- not complex,
- undecorated,
- unelaborate,
- uncomplicated,
- open and shut,
- unblended,
- uncompounded.
- more lifted,
- more declivitous,
- head long,
- head-long,
- most prerupt,
- most lifted,
- most declivitous,
- more prerupt.
- lineal,
- unbent,
- collinear,
- in a row,
- like an arrow,
- undistorted,
- non-stop,
- undeviating,
- in line,
- rectilinear,
- in a line,
- rectilineal,
- uncurled,
- linear.
- re fined,
- more paperthin,
- most waferthin,
- paperthin,
- sub-tile,
- most attenuate,
- more waferthin,
- more paper-thin,
- most paper-thin,
- sub tile,
- sub-tiler,
- most wafer thin,
- waferthin,
- subtilest,
- most attenuated,
- most wafer-thin,
- most paperthin,
- more attenuate,
- more wafer thin,
- most paper thin,
- subtiler,
- more attenuated,
- sub tiler,
- wafer thin,
- more paper thin,
- more wafer-thin.
- un-disputed,
- un disputed,
- all out,
- un-divided,
- fullblown,
- every,
- full blown,
- un divided,
- fullscale,
- full scale,
- un-reserved,
- allout.
- clearcut,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more unalleviated,
- un-abated,
- most unalleviated,
- in-tense,
- un abated,
- un-mitigated,
- more unabated,
- in tenser,
- un alleviated,
- most unabated,
- un-alleviated,
- un mitigated,
- in tense.
- most never failing,
- neverfailing,
- more never-failing,
- un-restrained,
- more neverfailing,
- never failing,
- ex-press,
- most never-failing,
- un qualified,
- more never failing,
- un-faltering,
- un faltering,
- un-qualified,
- ex press,
- most neverfailing.
- most cocked,
- up ended,
- more upended,
- up-right,
- most upended,
- more cocked,
- up right,
- up-ended,
- up standing,
- up-standing.
- most too-too,
- maximal,
- most too too,
- most tootoo,
- para-mount,
- farthest,
- pre eminent,
- outer-most,
- more too-too,
- most undiminished,
- more tootoo,
- undiminished,
- too too,
- tootoo,
- para mount,
- further-most,
- top-pest,
- un diminished,
- more too too,
- more undiminished,
- utter-most,
- un-diminished,
- utter most,
- further most,
- topmost,
- out side,
- top-most.
- most flat out,
- more flat-out,
- all firedest,
- most flat-out,
- flatout,
- all fired,
- allfired,
- more flatout,
- more flat out,
- allfiredest,
- most flatout,
- all-firedest.
adv.
• all (adverb)n.
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- creased,
- colorfast,
- brushed,
- cellular,
- Breathable,
- fibrous,
- distressed,
- crisp.
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- flat.
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- even.
- bold.
- cut.
v.
• deflect (verb)- keeps off,
- keeping off,
- volte-facing,
- voltefaced,
- dis-perse,
- kept off,
- glanced off,
- volteface,
- glances off,
- volte facing,
- voltefaces,
- volte faced,
- glancing off,
- volte-faced,
- dis perse,
- voltefacing,
- holds off.
- in cline,
- re-cede,
- sub side,
- re ached,
- re aching,
- dis appearing,
- re-ached,
- re ceded,
- re ceding,
- in-cline,
- nose dived,
- nose dives,
- in clines,
- dis-appears,
- nose-dove,
- de-cline,
- dropping down,
- nosedove,
- de-clines,
- dis appears,
- re-aching,
- dropped down,
- re cede,
- nosediving,
- de clines,
- dis appeared,
- dis appear,
- dis-appeared,
- sub sides,
- de cline,
- dis-appear,
- nose dove,
- dropt down,
- nose diving,
- re-ceded,
- drops down,
- re-ceding,
- sub sided,
- in-clines,
- dis-appearing,
- re-cedes,
- re cedes,
- sub-sides.
- re-direct,
- re directed,
- turns aside,
- re direct,
- re directs,
- re-directed,
- re-directs,
- re-directing,
- re directing.
- re cline,
- is off,
- re posed,
- re-sting,
- re posing,
- re-posed,
- over-hang,
- wast off,
- are slanted,
- am off,
- over hangs,
- fastening on,
- over-hangs,
- puts weight on,
- wert slanted,
- wast slanted,
- is slanted,
- re-cline,
- being off,
- over-hanging,
- art slanted,
- re clines,
- were off,
- wert off,
- re-posing,
- was off,
- were slanted,
- fastens on,
- fastened on,
- re-pose,
- am slanted,
- rested on,
- over hang,
- being slanted,
- rests on,
- re sting,
- re pose,
- re-clines,
- putting weight on,
- was slanted.
- de-pend,
- wert contingent,
- re-lying,
- de-pended,
- am contingent,
- are contingent,
- re lying,
- being contingent,
- de pending,
- de-pending,
- de-pends,
- is contingent,
- was contingent,
- art contingent,
- re lied,
- wast contingent,
- de pends,
- were contingent,
- re-lied,
- de pended,
- de pend.
- goes in to skid,
- go in to skid,
- went in to skid,
- going in to skid,
- goes into skid,
- going into skid,
- went into skid.
- get course,
- de parting,
- departing from,
- departed from,
- de-parts,
- departs from,
- gets off course,
- gat course,
- getting off course,
- getting course,
- de-parting,
- sheered off,
- gat off course,
- gets course,
- going course,
- de part,
- goes off course,
- sheering off,
- gotten off course,
- trains off,
- gotten course,
- trained off,
- de-parted,
- went course,
- de parts,
- de parted,
- got off course,
- goes course,
- go course,
- training off,
- got course,
- de-part,
- went off course,
- sheers off.
- turned an axis,
- turn an axis,
- being pendent,
- turned on an axis,
- wast pendent,
- turned on axis,
- was pendent,
- turns axis,
- turning on axis,
- turns on an axis,
- turn axis,
- is pendent,
- wert pendent,
- art pendent,
- turning axis,
- awaying,
- turning an axis,
- turn on axis,
- turned axis,
- were pendent,
- pendulates,
- am pendent,
- turns about,
- are pendent,
- pendulated,
- turning on an axis,
- turns an axis,
- turns on axis.
- re channeled,
- changed position,
- re-turned,
- de-tract,
- de tracts,
- re-traces,
- re traces,
- re trace,
- trans-forms,
- re-coiling,
- de-tours,
- re-lapses,
- in-verse,
- de-touring,
- about face,
- re turns,
- changes position,
- Re-turn,
- re-lapsing,
- de-tour,
- up-sets,
- shying away,
- in versed,
- re-channels,
- re-coils,
- trans formed,
- re-coil,
- re lapse,
- shied away,
- re-turns,
- up sets,
- re-lapse,
- faces about,
- re channelling,
- re-trace,
- re-channeling,
- up setting,
- re-tracing,
- rechannelled,
- re channels,
- up-set,
- de toured,
- re coils,
- up-setting,
- trans-formed,
- changing position,
- re turn,
- re lapsed,
- de touring,
- de tours,
- re-channeled,
- re-lapsed,
- re-traced,
- about facing,
- shies away,
- re coiling,
- in-versed,
- facing about,
- re-channel,
- re channelled,
- re-channelled,
- trans-forming,
- trans form,
- re-turning,
- de tour,
- in verse,
- re lapses,
- trans forming,
- trans forms,
- re turning,
- re traced,
- re coiled,
- trans-form,
- re channeling,
- in-versing,
- inversing,
- de-tracts,
- de tract,
- re channel,
- in versing,
- faced about,
- de-toured,
- re tracing,
- re lapsing,
- re-coiled,
- re coil,
- about faced,
- re-channelling.
- gets around,
- making left,
- are deflected,
- gotten around,
- making a left,
- is deflected,
- makes left,
- make left,
- were deflected,
- makes a left,
- changing course,
- art deflected,
- wert deflected,
- angles off,
- wast deflected,
- angling off,
- made a left,
- gat around,
- was deflected,
- making a right,
- changed course,
- am deflected,
- made left,
- angled off,
- being deflected,
- made a right,
- made right,
- makes a right.
Other synonyms:
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- quantitative,
- arrant,
- Gossamery,
- abrupt,
- quantifiable,
- scalar,
- undiluted,
- skew,
- crashing.
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- aerial,
- thorough,
- unequivocal,
- blooming,
- daily.
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- damned.
-
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- airy.
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- unreserved,
- positive.
- Parried,
- volte-faces,
- cover up,
- Shying,
- slewing,
- covers up,
- covering up,
- covered up,
- Sheering,
- Slewed,
- shies,
- hold off,
- volte-face,
- glance off,
- fend,
- slipping,
- wheeled,
- Sheered,
- Shied,
- keep off,
- sheers,
- Slipped.
- Zigzagged,
- going off course,
- resting on,
- beetles,
- turn about,
- lean,
- make a left,
- sideslip,
- put weight on,
- angle off,
- redirected,
- rechannel,
- depart from,
- up set,
- nosedived,
- whip,
- spiraling,
- sheer off,
- deflect,
- aways,
- Shunting,
- shunts,
- shunt,
- makes right,
- nose-dived,
- nose-dives,
- change position,
- nose dive,
- skid,
- changes course,
- spiraled,
- nose-diving,
- pivot,
- make a right,
- zigzags,
- turned about,
- totally,
- go off course,
- swerve,
- be slanted,
- get around,
- rechannelling,
- spiralling,
- turn,
- leaning,
- divert,
- recede,
- redirecting,
- beetling,
- turn aside,
- Slued,
- rest on,
- Pendulate,
- recline,
- detouring,
- beetle,
- shy away,
- Zigzagging,
- Shunted,
- face about,
- nose-dive,
- be pendent,
- Beetled,
- be contingent,
- swing,
- get off course,
- veer,
- slues,
- be deflected,
- change course,
- plummet,
- inversed,
- pendulating,
- slue,
- rechanneled,
- Propping,
- redirect,
- dip,
- swinging,
- redirects,
- turn on an axis,
- getting around,
- make right,
- turned aside,
- be off,
- sideslipping,
- wiggle,
- switching,
- rechannels,
- go back,
- making right,
- fasten on,
- inverses,
- turning about,
- rechanneling,
- sideslips,
- detoured,
- drop down,
- turning aside,
- spiralled,
- TRAIN OFF,
- sideslipped,
- Sluing.
How to use "Sheer" in context?
Sheer or sheer fabric is a type of fabric made only of a thin sheet of fabric with no Drapery or Fitting.
One common use for sheer fabrics is as a sheer curtain or drape. Sheer fabrics are also often used as an underlayer for more substantial fabrics in a outfit, to create a delicate and thin look. Sheer fabrics are often considered more dressy and expensive than other types of fabric.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
pure.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
absolute, bare, breathtaking, clean, downright, extraordinary, extreme, formidable, genuine, great, horrendous, huge, immense, impressive, large, massive, outright, overwhelming, plain, purely, significant, simply, staggering, steep, tremendous, unmitigated, utter, vast, veritable.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
considerable, enormous, mere, simple, straightforward, substantial, unadulterated.
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Adjective
Homophones for Sheer:
- schear, sorrower, sere, scourer, sirrah, screw, squawker, sherry, scurry, sea hare, scoria, scissure, sr, ssri, saqqara, shrew, screwy, sorrow, saqqarah, serra, seeker, suer, succor, shareware, shariah, Sauce Chausseur, square away, scar, seeger, sura, sr., saussure, Shere, scouser, sokoro, scare away, sorry, sahuaro, serer, sire, successor, sharer, shear, sukur, sucker, succour, soccer, soiree, shore, showery, shower, swayer, succory, sixer, sore, Scry, squeezer, sir, securer, share, sawyer, skewer, sarah, shearer, sea-ear, syria, surrey, scheer, souari, scissor, shari, sahara, shire, sucre, seizer, shirr, sakkara, scorer, saucer, scour, sierra, swagger, soaker, saury, sear, squire, sharia, saussurea, succourer, SACEUR, saguaro, serow, seizure, squeaker, sari, screw eye, sure, score, shorea, seer, sugar, scarer, sur, soar, swaggerer, succorer, secure, scree, scare, sugary, swear, square, surya, sauria, shocker, shaker, scarey, seashore, saree, scary, sower, sciara, shirer, swearer, skier, sewer, sour.
Hyponym for Sheer:
v.
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motion
direct, head, channelize, steer, guide, channelise, maneuver, point, manoeuvre, manoeuver.
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motion
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