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Synonyms of absolute in English:

absolute


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adjective

1‘there was absolute silence in the house’

SYNONYMS
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
ANTONYMS

partial, qualified

2‘everything I have told you is the absolute truth’

SYNONYMS
definite, certain, positive, unconditional, categorical, unquestionable, undoubted, unequivocal, decisive, conclusive, confirmed, manifest, infallible
ANTONYMS

partial, qualified

3‘the parliament was only consultative, with absolute power remaining with the king’

SYNONYMS
unlimited, unrestricted, unrestrained, unbounded, unbound, boundless, infinite, ultimate, total, supreme, unconditional, full, utter, sovereign, omnipotent
ANTONYMS

conditional

4‘an absolute monarch’

SYNONYMS
autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical, tyrannous, authoritarian, arbitrary, imperious, domineering, high-handed, draconian, autonomous, sovereign, autarchic, autarchical, anti-democratic
ANTONYMS

constitutional

5‘absolute moral standards’

SYNONYMS
universal, fixed, independent, non-relative, non-variable, absolutist
rigid, established, set, settled, definite, decided, irrevocable, unalterable, unquestionable, authoritative, incontrovertible, in black and white
ANTONYMS

relative, flexible