absolute
adjective
[ ˈabsəluːt ]
• not qualified or diminished in any way; total.
• "absolute secrecy"
Similar:
complete,
total,
utter,
out-and-out,
outright,
entire,
perfect,
pure,
decided,
thorough,
thoroughgoing,
undivided,
unqualified,
unadulterated,
unalloyed,
unmodified,
unreserved,
downright,
undiluted,
solid,
consummate,
unmitigated,
sheer,
arrant,
rank,
dyed-in-the-wool,
plenary,
peremptory,
• viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative.
• "absolute moral standards"
Similar:
universal,
fixed,
independent,
non-relative,
non-variable,
absolutist,
rigid,
established,
set,
settled,
definite,
decided,
irrevocable,
unalterable,
unquestionable,
authoritative,
incontrovertible,
in black and white,
• (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table.
absolute
noun
• a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things.
• "good and evil are presented as absolutes"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve).
