Thesaurus:exactly
English
Adverb
Sense: without approximation, error or deviation
Synonyms
- accurately
- correctly
- dead-nuts
- definitely
- directly
- even (archaic)
- exact
- exactly
- fully
- incisively
- just
- jump (obsolete)
- on target
- on the button (idiomatic)
- on the dot (idiomatic)
- on the mark (idiomatic)
- on the money (idiomatic)
- on the nose (idiomatic)
- perfectly
- precisely
- punctually [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
- right
- sharp
- slap
- slap bang
- on the mark (idiomatic) (dated)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- bang on (idiomatic, Britain, Australia)
- completely [⇒ thesaurus]
- even so (archaic)
- minutely
- smack-dab (slang)
- verbatim
- word for word
Further reading
- “25. quantity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “exactly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.