absolute

Meaning

Adj

1. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
2. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
3. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
4. Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
5. Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
6. Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
7. Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
8. (archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
9. (especially) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
10. Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
11. Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
12. Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
13. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
14. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
15. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
16. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
17. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
18. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
19. As measured using an absolute value.
20. Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
21. Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
22. Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
23. (formal, postpositional) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or (sometimes contextually) certain kinds of occurrence.
24. (obsolete) Absolved; free.

Noun

1. That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
2. In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
3. (capitalized, usually) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
4. (capitalized, usually) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
5. A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.

Synonyms

complete

utter

unconditional

perfect

total

downright

sheer

arrant

implicit

pure

full

positive

definite

clear

infrangible

unmitigated

unquestioning

pronoun

stark

true

consummate

categorical

thoroughgoing

thorough

strict

unlimited

rank

dead

💀

plenary

inviolable

genuine

outright

real

unconditioned

right-down

certain

sole

indubitable

infinite

chief

clean

authoritarian

supreme

limitless

autocratic

boundless

mere

flat

unabridged

unbounded

unconfined

out-and-out

peremptory

decided

unmixed

unqualified

unquestionable

decisive

unrestricted

abs

absolutely

best

quite

regular

imperious

resolute

profound

pureness

replete

serious

settled

sharp

simple

solid

solitary

staring

stocked

stone

🪨

straightforward

⬆️

straight-out

stuffed

sure

termless

them

thoroughly

totalitarian

totally

tyrannous

unassailable

unconstrained

uncontrolled

undiluted

unequivocal

unexpurgated

unmerciful

unmistakable

unpretentious

unrestrained

unshakable

unsurpassed

untainted

veritable

vested

well-heeled

AB

🆎

absolutistic

double-dyed

thorough-going

pregnant with

thoro

stintless

limitness

stocked with

unexceeded

all

second-person singular

whole

a

a

abject

absolutist

actual

all-out

allover

altogether

arrantly

attached to

autocratical

axiomatic

axiomatical

beyond doubt

blanket

blatant

brimful

brimming

by all means

categoric

common

completely

constitutional monarchy

definitive

despotic

determined

dictatorial

entire

entirely

extreme

fair

filled

final

finished

firm

fixed

flawless

flush

fully

God

greatest

hard-and-fast

highest

illimitable

impeccable

incontestable

incontrovertible

indeed

informal

integral

inviolate

lawless

legitimate

magisterial

masterful

monarchic

monarchical

obligate

overall

perfectly

plain

plenipotentiary

pregnant

prime

principal

Translations

absolu

absoluto

absoluut

absolut

mutlak

parfait

pur

illimité

complet

rein

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæb.sə.luːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: absolut

In summary

First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.