· something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
Hypernym(s): abstraction, abstract
· perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
Antonym(s): relative
· 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"
Synonym(s): downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
· not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"
· expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
· not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"
Synonym(s): infrangible, inviolable