| Noun | 1. | absolute - something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" | |
| Adj. | 1. | absolute - perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"relative - not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" | |
| 2. | absolute - 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"complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set pf the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" | |
| 3. | absolute - not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"arbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" | |
| 4. | absolute - expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal"unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement" | |
| 5. | absolute - without conditions or limitations; "a total ban" | |
| 6. | absolute - not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"inalienable, unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" | |