Word Meanings - MERE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson. (more info) sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that

Additional info about word: MERE

A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson. (more info) sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MERE)

• Naked
• Nude
• bare
• unclothed
• denuded
• undraped
• defenceless
• destitute
• unqualified
• uncolored
• unvarnished
• mere
• simple
• Pure
• Clear
• unmixed
• genuine
• sheer
• absolute
• unadulterated
• uncorrupted
• unsullied
• unblemished
• chaste
• real
• clean
• spotless
• immaculate
• undefiled
• unspotted
• guileless
• innocent
• guiltless
• Sheer
• unmitigated
• Simple
• Single
• incomplex
• uncompounded
• unblended
• isolated
• pure
• plain
• unadorned
• unartificial
• artless
• sincere
• undesigning
• single-minded
• unaffected
• sickly
• weak
• unsophisticated
• humble
• homely
• lowly
• elementary
• ultimate
• primal
• rudimentary

Related words: (words related to MERE)

• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• ULTIMATE
  1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. 2. To come or bring into use or practice.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• GUILTLESS
  1. Free from guilt; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7. 2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted . Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed. Milton.
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• UNCORRUPTIBLE
  Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i.
• INNOCENT
  1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak. 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent. Sir W. Scott. Innocents'
• ABSOLUTENESS
  The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• UNCLOTHED
  Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
• INNOCENTLY
  In an innocent manner.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• SINGLE
  1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from
• PLAINTIFF
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
• SINGLE-ACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• ANTEPENULTIMATE
  Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
• NAKER
  See NACRE
• RATTLESNAKE
  Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common
• BEADSNAKE
  A small poisonous snake of North America , banded with yellow, red, and black.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.