Thesaurus:degree
English
Noun
Sense: a position within a scale; the amount that something possesses a certain property
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Adjectives of degree, from highest to lowest
- astronomical
- extreme
- high
- moderate [⇒ thesaurus]
- average
- intermediate [⇒ thesaurus]
- underaverage
- subaverage
- low
- small [⇒ thesaurus]
- very low
- near zero
- infinitesimal
- zero
- negative
Adverbs of degree, from highest to lowest
- extremely [⇒ thesaurus]
- very [⇒ thesaurus]
- moderately [⇒ thesaurus]
- considerably
- nontrivially
- a little
- mildly
- slightly [⇒ thesaurus]
- very slightly
- not
- not at all
Related concepts
See also
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 26. Degree
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 32. Smallness
Further reading
- “26. degree” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “degree” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.