absolute
/ˈæb.səˌlut/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.54 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
adj
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
adj
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
adj
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
adj
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
adj
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
adj
Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
Example Sentences
- "While Americans enjoy an almost absolute freedom to name their children whatever they please, in Germany the State (as public guardian of the good of the child) restricts parents [...]"
- "An absolute monarch is free from all forcible restraint, and so far as he is absolute[,] from all legal restraints of positive laws."
- "The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, / With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed."
- "[…] the more absolute the ruler, the more absolute the revolution will be which replaces him."
- "absolute purity, absolute liberty"
- "So absolute she seems, / And in herself complete."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
- British English: /ˈæb.sə.luːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more absolute (comparative)
absoluter (comparative)
most absolute (superlative)
absolutest (superlative)
abs. (alternative)
absolut (alternative)
absolutes (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
categorical
unconditional
unlimited
unrestricted
autocratic
despotic
independent of references
relations to other things
standards
living
Homonyms
Antonyms
conjunct
conditional
limited
antonym(s) of “independent of references
relations to other things
standards”