Thesaurus:very

Thesaurus

very

English

Adverb

Sense: to a great extent or degree

Synonyms

• absolutely
• abundantly
• all too
• but good
• completely    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ever so
• exceedingly
• excessively    [⇒ thesaurus]
• extremely    [⇒ thesaurus]
• greatly
• in spades
• main (British dialect)
• mightily
• passing (archaic)
• positively
• pretty
• quite
• right (British, US, dialect)
• simply
• sore (archaic)
• specially (proscribed)
• strongly
• swith (dialect)
• truly
• vastly
• very
• very much
• way too

Antonyms

• almost    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mostly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slightly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• partially    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Related concepts

• degree    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quantity    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:extremely
• Thesaurus:mostly
• Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness

Further reading

• “31. greatness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “very” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.