Clues for the word "SHEER"
We've had 98 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 280 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 19, 2026.
Definition of sheer
- v. i. - Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
- v. i. - Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
- v. i. - Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
- v. i. - Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
- adv. - Clean; quite; at once.
- v. t. - To shear.
- v. i. - To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.
- n. - The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
- n. - The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
- n. - A turn or change in a course.
- n. - Shears See Shear.
Referring Clues
- Very, very thin
- Transparent
- Almost perpendicular
- Like organza or chiffon
- Gossamery
- Like some lingerie
- See-through
- Out-and-out
- Utter
- Like pantyhose
- Diaphanous
- Like a slinky negligee
- Precipitous
- Nearly 90 degrees
- Hosiery variety
- Unadulterated
- Like some stockings
- Absolute
- Like a negligee, usually
- Transparent, as stockings
- Unmitigated
- Almost vertical
- Tough to climb
- Like transparent fabric
- Like some curtains
- Gauzy
- Like many a negligee
- Nearly transparent, as hosiery
- Like chiffon
- Almost perpendicular, as a cliff face
- Transparent, as fabrics
- Downright
- Like nylons
- Turn suddenly
- Very thin
- Hosiery description
- Unqualified
- Transparent, as hosiery
- Very steep
- Perpendicular
- Transparently thin
- Like many negligees
- See-through, as nylons
- Complete
- Like some cliffs and stockings
- Pure, not mixed
- Hanes package adjective
- Extremely steep
- See-through, as hosiery
- Complete and utter
- Like organza
- Very steep, as a cliff
- Like see-through lingerie
- Transparent, as material
- Transparent, as hose
- '74 Queen album: "___ Heart Attack"
- Pure woman? I need to think about that!
- Downright - deviation
- Downright see-through!
- Utter endless heresy, wildly
- She has hesitation in describing fine stockings
- Utter lady, the Queen
- Absolute hush, always
- Deviate (from) - vertical
- Absolute quiet always required
- Female monarch unqualified
- Absolutely - fine - straight up
- Utter - precipitous
- Very steep - may apply to 4
- Steep swerve
- Deviate from perpendicular
- Transparently thin - very steep
- Downright female monarch
- Translucent, as hosiery
- Simple but revealing
- Unqualified, drunken fortune-teller
- It's fine when she meets the Queen
- Fine
- That girl meeting the Queen is thin
- Unqualified lieutenant abandons retreat
- Playing here's fine
- Absolute prophet capturing hearts
- Downright thin
- Like nylon stockings
- To change the heading would be simple
- Like pure silk stockings
- Very steep and you turn away from
- Like Yosemite's El Capitan
- Very hard to climb
- Very tough to climb
- Like some revealing attire
- Like voile and chiffon
- Like many a cliff or coincidence
- Not hiding much
- Like see-through fabric
- Thin and transparent
- Like some tinted moisturizers
- Like organza and chiffon
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 06, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 15, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 02, 2025
- LA Times - November 06, 2025
- Daily American - October 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 15, 2025
- LA Times - October 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2025
- Daily American - August 28, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Daily American - July 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 15, 2025
- LA Times - April 02, 2025
- Daily American - March 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2024
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