sheer

(s) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job through sheer persistence
- sheer stupidity
out-and-out, right-down, absolute, downright, rank,
(r) straight up or down without a break perpendicularly,
(r) directly
- he fell sheer into the water
(s) not mixed with extraneous elements
- plain water
- sheer wine
- not an unmixed blessing
unmingled, unmixed, plain,
(s) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- a bluff headland
- where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
- a sheer descent of rock
bluff, bold,
(s) so thin as to transmit light
- a hat with a diaphanous veil
- filmy wings of a moth
- gauzy clouds of dandelion down
- gossamer cobwebs
- sheer silk stockings
- transparent chiffon
- vaporous silks
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, vaporous, vapourous, gossamer, transparent,

Verbs

(v) turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
curve, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, cut,
(v) cause to sheer
- She sheered her car around the obstacle

Synonyms

out-and-out right-down absolute downright rank curve slew slue swerve trend veer cut perpendicularly unmingled unmixed plain bluff bold cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauze-like gauzy see-through vaporous vapourous gossamer transparent

Words of close approximity

sheen sheep sheet

shed Shem shew

sheaf shear sheen sheep sheet sheik shelf shell Shema sherd