Synonyms for mere
mɪərmere

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1. mere

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. mere

   Synonyms:
   pure, unmixed, absolute, uninfluenced, unadulterated, unaffected, simple

   Antonyms:
   mixed, compound, impure, biased

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1. mereadjective

   a small pond of standing water

   Antonyms:
   fancy, unspecified

2. mere(a)adjective

   being nothing more than specified

   "a mere child"

   Antonyms:
   unspecified, fancy

3. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

   apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

   "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

   Antonyms:
   unspecified, fancy

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1. mereadjective

   Synonyms:
   bare, simple, nothing else but

2. merenoun

   Synonyms:
   pool, lake

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mere":

   simple, mother, only, straightforward, pure, simply, just, purely, sheer, single, mom, easy, queen, alone, ordinary

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1. Raila Odinga:

   Everything that he pronounces today is mere empty rhetoric -- words -- and we know that there's no commitment or determination to fulfill what he is promising the people of this country.

2. George Farquhar:

   Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

3. Stanley Hazen:

   But what we’re seeing with erythritol is the platelets become super responsive — a mere 10% stimulant produces 90 to 100% of a clot formation, for people who are at risk for clotting, heart attack and stroke — like people with existing cardiac disease or people with diabetes — I think that there’s sufficient data here to say stay away from erythritol until more studies are done.

4. M. R. Vincent:

   Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted into action; into a movement toward a new and better life.

5. Timothy Zahn:

   Concentration, focus, long-term thinking—those are the qualities that separate a warrior from a mere flailing fighter.”