mere
Nothing more than
Mere diminishes what follows—it signals that something is only what it is and nothing more: a mere child, mere speculation, a mere formality.
The word emphasizes smallness, insignificance, or insufficiency: The mere thought of it made her anxious.
Separately, mere is a literary or archaic word for a lake or pond, surviving mainly in British place names.
Small still body
- lochScottish lake or inlet
- tarnGlacial mountain pool
- poolCollective fund or basin
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
basin · water · freshwater · inlet · shore · fishpond · millpond · reservoir
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
- minorScale with lowered third
petty · paltry · inconsequential · nominal · slight · meager · scant · measly
Foot's bottom surface
- singleOne in number
- justFair and impartial
- nothing butExclusively one thing
- simplyIn plain terms
purely · alone · bare · sheer · exclusive · singular · lone · solitary
Free of complexity
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- bareLacking any covering
- basicFundamental in nature
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
unvarnished · stark · naked · austere · spartan · unpretentious · straightforward · uncomplicated
pond
Small still body
lagoon · basin · water · freshwater · inlet · shore · fishpond · millpond · reservoir · body of water
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
minor · petty · paltry · inconsequential · nominal · slight · meager · scant · measly · piddling
sole
Foot's bottom surface
- singleOne in number
- justFair and impartial
- nothing butExclusively one thing
simply · purely · alone · bare · sheer · exclusive · singular · lone · solitary · unaccompanied
simple
Free of complexity
unembellished · unvarnished · stark · naked · austere · spartan · unpretentious · straightforward · uncomplicated · homely
boundary
Line marking a limit
border · demarcation · bound
- Maori Weapons
- water bodiessea, lakes, lake, rivers, streams
- French vocabularybonjour, merci, oui, non, au revoir
- freshwaterponds, river water, freshwater lake, creek, brook
- lakesLake Michigan, Lake Erie, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Tahoe
- New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Air New Zealand, Kiwis, Christchurch
meresignificant
Having notable importance
substantial · important · considerable · momentous · consequential
- the little mermaid
- mere mortalRegular person, not godlike
- Little MermaidTragic undersea love story
- mere formality
- mere shadow
- mere speck