Thesaurus:almost

Thesaurus

almost

English

Adverb

Sense: very close to, but not quite

Synonyms

• all but
• almost
• as good as
• as near as makes no difference (colloquial)
• close to
• fornigh (Britain, dialectal)
• just about
• more or less
• near    [⇒ thesaurus]
• near as damn it (colloquial)
• nearly
• next to
• nigh
• nigh on
• nighwhat (chiefly dialectal)
• not quite
• practically
• pretty much
• tantamount to
• well-nigh
• virtually

Antonyms

• mostly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• somewhat
• slightly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• very    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• partially    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unsuccessfully

See also

• Thesaurus:approximately

Further reading

• “32. smallness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “almost” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.