All sheer synonyms
sheer
S s adj sheer
- aery β lofty, insubstantial, or visionary
- crystal-clear β absolutely clear; transparent; lucid.
- flimsy β without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
- gauzy β like gauze; transparently thin and light.
- all out β not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- cut rate β a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- mere β mother1 .
- in a row β lined up
- hyaline β Also, hyalin, H04/H0454500 hahy-uh-lin, ΛhaΙͺ Ι lΙͺn. Biochemistry. a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin. a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- absolute β Absolute means total and complete.
- naked β being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- diaphanous β Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- bolt upright β If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- gossamer β a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- in line β (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- all-fired β excessive; extreme
- fine-grained β being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- gossamery β a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- lucid β easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
- floaty β able to float; buoyant.
- lineal β being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- cellophane β Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- frilly β covered with or marked by frills: Some of the more elaborate dress shirts have frilly fronts.
- filmy β thin and light; fine and gauzy: a gown of a filmy material.
- blatant β You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way.
- membranous β consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- lacy β of or resembling lace; lacelike: a lacy gown; a lacy leaf.
- choate β Rufus1799-1859; U.S. lawyer
- collinear β lying on the same straight line
adjective sheer
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- limpid β clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
- weightless β being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- cobweblike β Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- imponderous β (obsolete) imponderable.
- gross β without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
verb sheer
- whip β to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- inversed β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- beetling β a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- inversing β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- deflect β If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.