Approximately

//əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li//

Synonyms for "approximately" (90 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

around roughly some about all but all in all almost almost entirely approaching approximatively

Adverb(7 words)

about around near nearly all but almost approaching

Adverb(1 words)

about

Strong matches (27)

Related words (45)

Adverb(18 words)

just about kind of loosely more or less nearabout nigh on odd or so plus or minus roughly roundly say some sort of thereabout virtually well-nigh ±

Adverb(5 words)

just about more or less or so roughly some

mainly more or less most mostly much nearabout nearly neighbourhood nigh on balance on the whole or so plus ou moins practically roughly speaking round roundly say something like substantially

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virtually well-nigh

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Antonyms

4 entries

accurately definitely exactly precisely

Synonyms

5 entries

around or so roughly some something like

Related terms

2 entries

approximate circa

derived from

1 entries

approximate

related to

5 entries

amount approximate circa imprecise quantity

Translations

153 translations across 70 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

afro adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
afërsisht adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
përafërsisht adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Arabic

4 entries

تقْريباً adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
تقْريباً adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
تقْريباً adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
تَقْرِيبًا adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Armenian

1 entries

մոտավորապես adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

təxmini adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Belarusian

3 entries

ама́ль adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
прыблі́зна adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
прыкла́дна adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Bulgarian

3 entries

о́коло adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
почти́ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
приблизи́телно adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Catalan

1 entries

aproximadament adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

نزیکەی adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

大概 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

大概 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
大約 /大约 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
大致 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
將近 /将近 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Czech

2 entries

přibližně adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
zhruba adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Danish

2 entries

omtrent adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
tilnærmelsesvis adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Dutch

4 entries

grofweg adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ongeveer adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
pak hem beet adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ruwweg adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

иктаж adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Esperanto

1 entries

proksimume adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Estonian

3 entries

ligi adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
umbes adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
umbkaudu adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Faroese

1 entries

umleið adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Finnish

4 entries

arviolta adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
noin adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
osapuilleen adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
palttiarallaa adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

French

4 entries

approximativement adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
en gros adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
environ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
plus ou moins adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Galician

2 entries

aproximadamente adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
máis ou menos adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Georgian

1 entries

დაახლოებით adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

German

3 entries

etwa adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
mehr oder weniger adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ungefähr adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Greek

1 entries

περίπου adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Hebrew

2 entries

בְּעֵרֶךְ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
בְּקֵרוּב adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Hindi

1 entries

लगभग adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Hungarian

4 entries

durván adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
hozzávetőleg adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
kb. adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
körülbelül adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Hunsrik

1 entries

sticker adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Ido

1 entries

proxime adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Indonesian

2 entries

kira-kira adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
kurang lebih adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Italian

3 entries

approssimatamente adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
approssimativamente adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
circa adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Japanese

3 entries

およそ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
大略 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
約 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Kazakh

3 entries

шамалап adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
шамамен adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
шамасында adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Khmer

2 entries

ប្រមាណ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ប្រហែល adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Korean

2 entries

대략 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
약 adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

чамалап adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
чамасында adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Lao

1 entries

ປະມານ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Latin

4 entries

P.M. adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
circiter adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
fere adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
plus minus adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Latvian

1 entries

apmēram adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Lithuanian

1 entries

maždaug adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Macedonian

2 entries

околу adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
приближно adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഏകദേശം adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Mongolian

2 entries

барагцаалбал adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ойролцоогоор adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Māori

1 entries

āhua adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

bortimot adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
omtrent adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

bortimot adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Old English

1 entries

hūhwega adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Persian

1 entries

تقریباً adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

onjefäa adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Polish

4 entries

jako tako adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
mniej więcej adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
około adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
z grubsza adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Portuguese

1 entries

aproximadamente adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Romanian

1 entries

aproximativ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Russian

4 entries

гру́бо adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
о́коло adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ориентиро́вочно adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
почти́ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

mu chuairt air adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

príbližno adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
при́ближно adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Slovak

1 entries

približne adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Slovene

1 entries

približno adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Spanish

4 entries

a aqueso de adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
a eso de adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
aproximadamente adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
más o menos adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Swedish

3 entries

cirka adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ungefär adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
uppskattningsvis adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Tajik

1 entries

тақрибан adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Tamil

2 entries

கிட்டத்தட்ட adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
தோராயமாக adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Tatar

1 entries

якынча adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Telugu

1 entries

సుమారుగా adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Thai

1 entries

ประมาณ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Turkish

1 entries

yaklaşık adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Turkmen

1 entries

barabar adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Ukrainian

3 entries

зо adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
ма́йже adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
прибли́зно adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Urdu

2 entries

تقریبا adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
لگ بھگ adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Uzbek

1 entries

taxminan adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Vietnamese

2 entries

chừng adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
khoảng adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַן ערך adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
אומגעפֿער adv (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)

Sample sentences

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Chemical products account for approximately two-thirds of our exports.

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The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.

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The bridge is approximately a mile long.

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The total is approximately ten thousand dollars.

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