Almost

//ˈɔː(l)məs//

Synonyms for "almost" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Adverb(1 words)
about

Strong matches (24)

Preposition(1 words)
going on
Adverb(2 words)
mostnear

Related words (39)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

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capable of

4 entries

derived

11 entries

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

2 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

17 entries

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used for

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Translations

204 translations across 98 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • amper adv (very close to)
  • byna adv (very close to)

Ainu

3 entries
  • ナアニ adv (very close to)
  • ナアニフンコ adv (very close to)
  • ナアニポ adv (very close to)

Albanian

2 entries
  • gati adv (very close to)
  • pothuajse adv (very close to)

Aleut

1 entries
  • hizax adv (very close to)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • σχεδόν adv (very close to)
  • ὀλίγου adv (very close to)
  • ὀλίγου δεῖν adv (very close to)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تَقْرِيبًا adv (very close to)
  • عَلَى وَشْك adv (very close to)
  • كَادَ adv (very close to)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • quasi adv (very close to)

Armenian

4 entries
  • գրեթե adv (very close to)
  • գրեթե adv ((mathematics))
  • գրեթե adv ((measure theory, probability theory))
  • համարյա adv (very close to)

Asturian

2 entries
  • casi adv (very close to)
  • cuasi adv (very close to)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • az qala adv (very close to)
  • az qaldı adv (very close to)

Basque

1 entries
  • ia adv (very close to)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ама́ль adv (very close to)
  • няма́ль adv (very close to)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রায় adv (very close to)

Breton

2 entries
  • hogos adv (very close to)
  • hogozik adv (very close to)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • почти adv ((mathematics))
  • почти adv ((measure theory, probability theory))
  • почти́ adv (very close to)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လုနီးပါး adv (very close to)

Catalan

2 entries
  • gairebé adv (very close to)
  • quasi adv (very close to)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • tó'ease adv (very close to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 差一點 /差一点 adv (very close to)
  • 差不多 adv (very close to)
  • 差點 /差点 adv (very close to)
  • 幾乎 /几乎 adv (very close to)

Czech

2 entries
  • skoro adv (very close to)
  • téměř adv (very close to)

Danish

3 entries
  • nærved adv (very close to)
  • næsten adv (very close to)
  • være lige ved at adv (very close to)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bijna adv (very close to)
  • nagenoeg adv (very close to)
  • vrijwel adv (very close to)
  • zo goed als adv (very close to)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • preskaŭ adv (very close to)

Estonian

1 entries
  • peaaegu adv (very close to)

Extremaduran

2 entries
  • abati adv (very close to)
  • cuasi adv (very close to)

Faroese

1 entries
  • næstan adv (very close to)

Finnish

4 entries
  • liki adv (very close to)
  • liki adv ((mathematics))
  • liki adv ((measure theory, probability theory))
  • lähes adv (very close to)

French

2 entries
  • presque adv (very close to)
  • quasiment adv (very close to)

Galician

1 entries
  • case adv (very close to)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თითქმის adv (very close to)
  • ლამის adv (very close to)

German

4 entries
  • beinahe adv (very close to)
  • fast adv (very close to)
  • fast adv ((mathematics))
  • fast adv ((measure theory, probability theory))

Greek

2 entries
  • παραλίγο adv (very close to)
  • σχεδόν adv (very close to)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ngajak adv (very close to)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כִּמְעַט adv (very close to)

Hindi

3 entries
  • तक़रीबन adv (very close to)
  • प्राय adv (very close to)
  • लगभग adv (very close to)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • közel adv (very close to)
  • majdnem adv (very close to)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • næstum adv (very close to)
  • næstum því adv (very close to)

Ido

1 entries
  • preske adv (very close to)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • hampir adv (very close to)
  • nyaris adv (very close to)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • melkeen adv (very close to)

Irish

2 entries
  • beagnach adv (very close to)
  • dóbair adv (very close to)

Italian

1 entries
  • quasi adv (very close to)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • aalmos adv (very close to)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ほとんど adv (very close to)
  • ほぼ adv (very close to)
  • 大方 adv (very close to)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дерлік adv (very close to)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ជិត adv (very close to)
  • ស្ទើរតែ adv (very close to)

Korean

2 entries
  • 거의 adv (very close to)
  • 뻔하다 adv (very close to)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дээрлик adv (very close to)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເກືອບ adv (very close to)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • gondreiž adv (very close to)
  • kuoni adv (very close to)

Latin

2 entries
  • ferē adv (very close to)
  • paene adv (very close to)

Latvian

1 entries
  • gandrīz adv (very close to)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • beveik adv (very close to)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • skóro adv (very close to)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • безмалку adv (very close to)
  • речиси adv (very close to)
  • скоро adv (very close to)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • saiky adv (very close to)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kważi adv (very close to)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • quaije adv (very close to)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • бараг adv (very close to)
  • мөлтөс adv (very close to)
  • шахам adv (very close to)

Māori

4 entries
  • kainamu adv (very close to)
  • pitoiti adv (very close to)
  • pitopitoiti adv (very close to)
  • tata adv (very close to)

Navajo

2 entries
  • kʼadę́ę adv (very close to)
  • kʼasdą́ą́ʼ adv (very close to)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • hema-hema adv (very close to)
  • nêzîkî adv (very close to)
  • teqrîben adv (very close to)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bortimot adv (very close to)
  • nesten adv (very close to)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • bortimot adv (very close to)
  • nesten adv (very close to)

Occitan

4 entries
  • gaireben adv (very close to)
  • quasi adv (very close to)
  • quasiben adv (very close to)
  • quasiment adv (very close to)

Old English

1 entries
  • fulnēah adv (very close to)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • mjǫk adv (very close to)
  • nær svá adv (very close to)

Pashto

1 entries
  • تقریبا adv (very close to)

Persian

2 entries
  • تقریباً adv (very close to)
  • قریب adv (very close to)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • afens adv (very close to)
  • knaup adv (very close to)

Polish

4 entries
  • bez mała adv (very close to)
  • blisko adv (very close to)
  • niemal adv (very close to)
  • niemal adv ((mathematics))

Portuguese

1 entries
  • quase adv (very close to)

Quechua

1 entries
  • yaqa adv (very close to)

Romanian

2 entries
  • aproape adv (very close to)
  • era să adv (very close to)

Russian

3 entries
  • почти́ adv (very close to)
  • почти́ что adv (very close to)
  • словно adv (very close to)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • नोद् adv (very close to)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • cante adv (very close to)

Scots

4 entries
  • amaist adv (very close to)
  • awmaist adv (very close to)
  • maistlins adv (very close to)
  • maistly adv (very close to)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • skoro adv (very close to)
  • скоро adv (very close to)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බොහෝ දුරට adv (very close to)

Slovak

2 entries
  • skoro adv (very close to)
  • takmer adv (very close to)

Slovene

1 entries
  • skôraj adv (very close to)

Spanish

3 entries
  • casi adv (very close to)
  • cuasi adv (very close to)
  • por poco adv (very close to)

Swedish

2 entries
  • närapå adv (very close to)
  • nästan adv (very close to)

Tajik

2 entries
  • тақрибан adv (very close to)
  • қариб adv (very close to)

Telugu

2 entries
  • దరిదాపు adv (very close to)
  • దాదాపు adv (very close to)

Thai

1 entries
  • เกือบ adv (very close to)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཕལ་ཆེར adv (very close to)
  • ཧ་ལམ adv (very close to)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • klosap adv (very close to)

Turkish

1 entries
  • neredeyse adv (very close to)

Tày

1 entries
  • ái adv (very close to)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ма́йже adv (very close to)
  • сливе́ adv (very close to)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تقریباً adv (very close to)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • deyarli adv (very close to)
  • qariyb adv (very close to)
  • taqriban adv (very close to)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • gần adv (very close to)
  • gần như adv (very close to)
  • hầu như adv (very close to)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bron adv (very close to)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • hast adv (very close to)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • כּמעט adv (very close to)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

Source: tatoeba (1407)

Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.

Source: tatoeba (1454)

I'm almost done.

Source: tatoeba (2040)

This business plan of yours seems almost too optimistic. All I can say is I hope it's more than just wishful thinking.

Source: tatoeba (16893)

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