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 [⇒ thesaurus]
- some, -some
- sort of
- thereabout
- virtually
- well-nigh
- ±
Antonyms
Further reading
- “197. nearness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “approximately” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.