Synonyms for more-or-less
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adverb
1. Roughly — approximately
roughly, some, somewhat, sort-of, essentially, approximately, just about, about, kind of informal, slightly, around, close to, say, roundly
2. Almost
almost, all-but, practically, nearly, virtually, as good as, well-nigh
Definitions
- adv. 1
Approximately.
There were a hundred people in the room, more or less.
- adv. 2
Almost.
I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams.
Related words
- Other spellings
- more or less
Example sentences
- somewhat While walking, I used to feel somewhat in a hurry.
- essentially Tom said essentially the same thing that Mary did.
- roughly These can be classified roughly into three types.
- almost Suddenly, it started to look almost nice and warm.
- practically She's practically raising her siblings on her own.
By length
- 3 letters
- say1
- 4 letters
- some1
- 5 letters
- about2
- 6 letters
- around2, almost2, nearly2
- 7 letters
- roughly2, roundly2
- 8 letters
- slightly2, somewhat2
- 9 letters
- virtually4
- 11 letters
- essentially4, practically3
- 13 letters
- approximately5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (about2 = 2 syllables).