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Textual thesaurus for "out-and-out"

(adj) absolute, sheer, rank, right-down, downright

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