Synonyms for thoroughly
Most common
completely utterly quite deeply comprehensively exhaustively
Synonyms by meaning
Adverb
1. Completely
completely, utterly, quite, deeply, clean, perfectly, good informal, roundly, soundly, downright, altogether, purely
2. Comprehensively
Other
but good US CA, particularly, finally, aboriginally, detailedly
Definitions
- adv. 1
In a thorough or complete manner.
He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
Example sentences
- completely Asked to do her a favor, he completely ignored it.
- perfectly Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
- deeply They were troubled deeply by the changes they saw.
- utterly The forest path had been utterly covered by snow.
- finally We finally decided to give him over to the police.
- particularly They don't seem to feel particularly at home here.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| thoroughly | falling | |
| completely | steady | |
| perfectly | rising | |
| deeply | rising | |
| utterly | rising | |
| finally | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1
- 5 letters
- quite1, clean1
- 6 letters
- deeply2, purely2
- 7 letters
- finally3, utterly3, soundly2, roundly2
- 9 letters
- perfectly3, downright2
- 10 letters
- completely3, altogether4, detailedly
- 12 letters
- particularly5, meticulously5, exhaustively4, aboriginally
- 15 letters
- comprehensively5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deeply2 = 2 syllables).