Noun
- (n.) absolute (something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative) "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
Adjective
- (adj.) absolute (perfect or complete or pure) "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
- (adj.) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers) "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- (adj.) absolute (not limited by law) "an absolute monarch"
- (adj.) absolute (expressing finality with no implication of possible change) "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
- (adj.) absolute, infrangible, inviolable (not capable of being violated or infringed) "infrangible human rights"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
| APA | WordNet. (2010). absolute. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://smartdefine.org/absolute/definitions/1167093 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "absolute" http://smartdefine.org/absolute/definitions/1167093 (accessed May 19, 2013). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, absolute, Smart Define, viewed 19 May, 2013, <http://smartdefine.org/absolute/definitions/1167093>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "absolute" 23 October 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://smartdefine.org/absolute/definitions/1167093> |