Synonyms for absolute

Synonyms for (noun) absolute

Synonyms: absolute

Definition: something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

Usage: no mortal being can influence the absolute

Similar words: abstract, abstraction

Definition: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

Usage: he loved her only in the abstract--not in person


Synonyms for (adj) absolute

Synonyms: absolute

Definition: perfect or complete or pure

Usage: absolute loyalty; absolute silence; absolute truth; absolute alcohol

Similar words: direct

Definition: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

Usage: the direct opposite


Similar words: implicit, unquestioning

Definition: being without doubt or reserve

Usage: implicit trust


Similar words: infinite

Definition: total and all-embracing

Usage: God's infinite wisdom


Similar words: living

Definition: (informal) absolute

Usage: she is a living doll; scared the living daylights out of them; beat the living hell out of him


Synonyms: absolute, inviolable, infrangible

Definition: not capable of being violated or infringed

Usage: infrangible human rights

Similar words: inalienable, unalienable

Definition: incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another

Usage: endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights


Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, sheer, rank, right-down, downright

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

Usage: 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

Similar words: complete

Definition: having every necessary or normal part or component or step

Usage: a complete meal; a complete wardrobe; a complete set of the Britannica; a complete set of china; a complete defeat; a complete accounting


Synonyms: absolute

Definition: not limited by law

Usage: an absolute monarch

Similar words: arbitrary

Definition: based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

Usage: an arbitrary decision; the arbitrary rule of a dictator; an arbitrary penalty; of arbitrary size and shape; an arbitrary choice; arbitrary division of the group into halves


Synonyms: absolute

Definition: expressing finality with no implication of possible change

Usage: an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority

Similar words: unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal

Definition: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

Usage: unequivocal evidence; took an unequivocal position; an unequivocal success; an unequivocal promise; an unequivocal (or univocal) statement


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