SHEER

adj. 1 steep, precipitous, abrupt, perpendicular, bluff, vertical There is a sheer drop of 2000 feet to the valley below 2 absolute, unmitigated, unqualified, downright, out-and-out, unalloyed, unadulterated, pure, unmixed, plain, simple, rank, total, complete, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter Johnson said that he had got his definition of 'pastern' wrong out of 'sheer ignorance' 3 transparent, see-through, thin, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, translucent, peekaboo Kathryn was wearing the sheer nightgown he had given her for her birthday