B1adjectiveartsphilosophy
US/ˈæb.strækt/
UK/ˈæb.strækt/
based on ideas rather than real things you can see or touch; also (of art) not showing real objects
In context
Love and freedom are abstract ideas that are hard to define.
The gallery has a collection of abstract paintings from the 1960s.
His explanation was too abstract, so I asked for a real example.
Words that go with abstract
adjective + noun
- abstract ideaChildren find abstract ideas hard to understand.
- abstract artAbstract art uses shapes and colors, not real objects.
- abstract conceptJustice is an abstract concept.
- abstract paintingShe bought an abstract painting for her office.
- abstract thinkingMath helps develop abstract thinking.
adverb + adjective
- highly abstractThe lecture was highly abstract.