utter
Complete and total.
utter in a sentence
- The classroom was in utter chaos, with paint on the ceiling and glitter everywhere.
- The school play was an utter disaster: the curtain stuck, the lights failed and the scenery fell over.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to utter?
- Acomplete
- Bmild
- Cslight
- Dpartial
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A: complete. The other three mean the opposite of utter.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to utter?
- Atotal
- Bpartial
- Cabsolute
- Dcomplete
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B: partial. The other three mean nearly the same as utter.
Words that mean something similar
complete, total, absolute
Words that mean the opposite
partial, slight, mild
More words about size & amount
- vast: Extremely large; stretching a very long way.
- voracious: Extremely hungry or eager for a lot of something.
- wholly: Completely and entirely.
- zenith: The highest point that something reaches.
- abundance: A very large amount of something, more than enough.
- abundant: More than enough of something; plenty of it.
- accumulate: To gather more and more of something over time.
- ample: More than enough; plenty of room or plenty of something.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test