Thesaurus:approximately

Thesaurus

approximately

English

Adverb

Sense: imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

Synonyms

• -ish
• about    [⇒ thesaurus]
• all but
• almost    [⇒ thesaurus]
• approaching
• around
• by and large
• circa
• close
• close to
• essentially
• for all practical purposes
• fornigh (Britain, dialectal)
• give or take
• imprecisely
• just about
• kind of
• loosely
• more or less
• nearly
• near    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nearabout
• nigh on
• odd
• or so
• plus or minus
• roundly
• roughly
• say
• some, -some
• sort of
• thereabout
• virtually
• well-nigh
• ±

Antonyms

• exactly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “197. nearness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “approximately” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.