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Synonyms for out-and-out

  • adjective

Most common

all-out straight-out flat-out downright

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Straight-out — complete, utter

straight-out, flat-out, downright, all-out, absolute, outright, unmitigated, sheer, complete, utter, pure, pyore US, abject, regular, unqualified, plain, perfect, consummate, total, sublime, right, thorough-going, stark

Antonyms

somewhat, partly, attenuated

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Complete, utter.

    He is an out-and-out idiot.

Related words

Other spellings
out and out

From weakest to strongest

  1. partly
  2. somewhat
  3. out-and-out
  4. utter
  5. outright
  6. downright
  7. abject
  8. unmitigated

From the opposite of out-and-out, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.

Example sentences

  • downright Some machine translations are downright hilarious.

By length

4 letters
pure1
5 letters
right1, total2, plain1, sheer1, stark1, utter2, pyore
6 letters
abject2
7 letters
perfect2, regular3, sublime2
8 letters
complete2, absolute3, outright2
9 letters
downright2
10 letters
consummate3
11 letters
unqualified4, unmitigated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (total2 = 2 syllables).