Thesaurus:mostly
English
Adverb
Sense: for the greater part
Synonyms
- all in all
- all things considered (idiomatic)
- altogether
- as a rule (idiomatic)
- basically
- by and large
- chiefly
- feckly (Scottish)
- for the most part (idiomatic)
- generally [⇒ thesaurus]
- in the main
- largely
- mainly
- mostly
- on the whole
- overall
- predominantly
- pretty well
- primarily
- principally
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
Various
Related concepts
See also
- Thesaurus:very (to a great extent, without qualification)
- Thesaurus:fundamentally
- Thesaurus:intrinsically
- Thesaurus:normally (in a normal manner)
Further reading
- “31. greatness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “mostly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.