| Mere 1. (n.) A pool or lake. 2. (n.) A boundary. 3. (v. t.) To divide, limit, or bound. 4. (n.) A mare. 5. (Superl.) Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. 6. (Superl.) Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. 7. (n.) A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere. Thesaurus Entries absolute, austere, bare, basic, chaste, elementary, essential, fundamental, homely, homespun, homogeneous, indivisible, irreducible, just, monolithic, of a piece, only, plain, primal, primary, pure, pure and simple, scant, severe, sheer, simon-pure, simple, single, spare, stark, unadorned, uncluttered, undifferenced, undifferentiated, undiluted, unenhanced, uniform, unmitigated, unmixed |