sheer
Total, or gossamer
Sheer emphasizes completeness or purity—nothing mixed in: sheer luck, sheer stupidity, the sheer volume of complaints.
Applied to fabric, sheer means thin enough to see through: sheer curtains, sheer stockings.
As a verb or adverb, sheer means to swerve or turn sharply: The boat sheered away from the rocks.
A sheer cliff face drops straight down, unbroken by ledges.
To vocalize words
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- totalComplete sum
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
unadulterated · outright · downright · unmitigated · unqualified · stark · mere · plain
Delicate transparent textile
- tulleFine net fabric
- organzaSheer, crisp dress fabric
- voileSheer, lightweight textile
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
gauze · silk · nylon · stockings · curtains · lingerie · diaphanous · filmy
Filmy, delicate material
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- filmyThin and translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
translucent · transparent · airy · insubstantial · featherlight · papery · wafer-thin · flimsy
Extremely steep, almost vertical
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- perpendicularAt right angles
- inclineAngled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
ascent · descent · slope · grade · angle · mountainous · vertiginous · elevation
utter
To vocalize words
absolute · unadulterated · outright · downright · unmitigated · unqualified · stark · mere · plain · simple
chiffon
Delicate transparent textile
gossamer · gauze · silk · nylon · stockings · curtains · lingerie · diaphanous · filmy · translucent
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
diaphanous · translucent · transparent · airy · insubstantial · featherlight · papery · wafer-thin · flimsy · ethereal
precipitous
Extremely steep, almost vertical
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- perpendicularAt right angles
- inclineAngled rising surface
gradient · ascent · descent · slope · grade · angle · mountainous · vertiginous · elevation · acclivity
precipice
Steep rock face
- escarpmentSteep slope dividing elevations
- rockfaceExposed cliff surface
- cragSteep rugged outcrop
bluff · dropoff · overhang · ledge · gorge · ravine · chasm · abyss · outcrop · pinnacle
veer
Change course suddenly
- beauty termsmatte, dewy, hydrating, moisturizing, smoothing
- mountain adjectivestowering, majestic, snow-capped, rugged, jagged
- skimpy attirebikini, thong, micro bikini, pasties, skimpy
- beautymakeup, cosmetics, lipstick, mascara, eyeliner
- fabric texturessoft, smooth, rough, silky, fuzzy
- fashion adjectivesstylish, elegant, casual, formal, trendy
- kitchen shearsHeavy-duty culinary cutters
- sheer joy
- sheer strengthPower without technique
- pruning shearsTool for cutting branches
- sheer rock face
- garden shearsTool for trimming plants
shear, shears, sheers, shearing, sheared, sheerness, sheered, sheerest, sheerly