Synonyms for stark
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Plain — complete, absolute, full
plain, sheer, utter, downright, complete, mere, simple, gross, out-and-out, naked, thorough-going, pure, pyore US, perfect, staring, consummate, unadulterated, total, outright, thorough, proper, unconditional, regular
Definitions
- adj. 1
Stiff, rigid.
- adj. 2
Complete, absolute, full.
I screamed in stark terror.
- adj. 3
Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- adj. 4
Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.
Related words
- Word family
- starken starkness
- Phrases
- stark naked stark raving mad stark bollock naked stark staring mad
Example sentences
- naked What's wrong with running around your house naked?
- sheer About half of everything he says is sheer fiction.
- utter Everything you've told me so far was an utter lie.
- downright Some machine translations are downright hilarious.
- stern Oleg ordered Rima to return to bed in a stern tone.
- austere The Wadden Sea is a landscape of austere beauty.
By length
- 4 letters
- pure1, bare1, mere1
- 5 letters
- total2, gross1, plain1, naked2, sheer1, crude1, utter2, stiff1, stern1, blunt1, rigid2, bleak1, pyore
- 6 letters
- simple2, proper2, severe2, barren2
- 7 letters
- perfect2, regular3, staring2, austere2
- 8 letters
- complete2, thorough2, outright2, desolate3
- 9 letters
- downright2
- 10 letters
- consummate3
- 13 letters
- unconditional5, unadulterated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (total2 = 2 syllables).