But

//bʌt//

Synonyms for "but" (121 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

Conjunction(4 words)
abburacalthoughbar
Preposition(4 words)
apartapart fromaside frombar

Strong matches (36)

Conjunction(2 words)
exceptingexcluding

Related words (60)

Adverb(4 words)
justmerelyonlysimply
Prep_phrase(1 words)
on the other hand

Related word relations

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11 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

6 entries

etymologically related_to

3 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

109 entries

Showing 16 of 109 words.

Translations

590 translations across 135 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • ау conj (although)

Afrikaans

3 entries
  • behalwe conj (except)
  • maar conj (although)
  • maar conj (rather)

Albanian

1 entries
  • por conj (rather)

Aleut

4 entries
  • al conj (rather)
  • alix̂ conj (rather)
  • iiĝali conj (although)
  • tagali conj (although)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δέ conj (rather)
  • ἀλλά conj (rather)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أما conj (rather)
  • إلا conj (except)
  • إِلَّا conj (except)
  • بس conj (although)

Armenian

4 entries
  • այլ conj (rather)
  • բայց conj (although)
  • բացի conj (except)
  • թեեւ conj (although)

Assamese

4 entries
  • কিন্তু conj (although)
  • কিন্তু conj (rather)
  • পাচে conj (although)
  • পাচে conj (rather)

Asturian

2 entries
  • pero conj (although)
  • pero conj (rather)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • amma conj (although)
  • amma conj (rather)
  • ancaq conj (although)
  • ancaq conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))

Basque

4 entries
  • baina conj (although)
  • baina conj (rather)
  • izan ezik conj (except)
  • nahiz eta conj (although)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • а conj (rather)
  • акрамя́ conj (except)
  • але́ conj (although)
  • але́ conj (rather)

Bengali

2 entries
  • কিন্তু conj (although)
  • কিন্তু conj (rather)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • लेकिन conj (although)

Breton

2 entries
  • met conj (although)
  • met conj (rather)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • а́ма conj (although)
  • ала́ conj (rather)
  • но conj (although)
  • но conj (rather)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ဒါပေမဲ့ conj (although)
  • သို့ပေမဲ့ conj (rather)
  • သို့ရာတွင် conj (rather)

Car Nicobarese

3 entries
  • höng conj (although)
  • lā conj (although)
  • vaich-tö conj (although)

Catalan

4 entries
  • emperò conj (although)
  • emperò conj (rather)
  • excepte conj (except)
  • llevat de conj (except)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • بەڵام conj (rather)
  • بەڵام conj (except)
  • جگھ conj (except)

Central Mnong

4 entries
  • តីស conj (although)
  • តីសមា conj (although)
  • ប្យាៈលាស conj (although)
  • មពោៈ conj (although)

Chechen

4 entries
  • а conj (rather)
  • ам conj (although)
  • амма conj (although)
  • амма conj (rather)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • koma conj (rather)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 不而過 /不而过 conj (although)
  • 不過 /不过 conj (although)
  • 但是 conj (although)
  • 毋過 /毋过 conj (although)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 不過 /不过 conj (although)
  • 不過 /不过 conj (rather)
  • 但係 /但系 conj (although)
  • 但係 /但系 conj (rather)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不過 /不过 conj (although)
  • 不過 /不过 conj (rather)
  • 但是 conj (although)
  • 但是 conj (rather)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • нъ conj (rather)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ conj (rather)

Czech

4 entries
  • ale conj (although)
  • ale conj (rather)
  • jenže conj (rather)
  • kromě conj (except)

Dalmatian

2 entries
  • mui conj (although)
  • mui conj (rather)

Danish

4 entries
  • men conj (although)
  • men conj (rather)
  • uden conj (except)
  • undtagen conj (except)

Dutch

4 entries
  • behalve conj (except)
  • echter conj (rather)
  • maar conj (although)
  • maar conj (rather)

East Central German

1 entries
  • abr conj (although)

Eastern Mari

2 entries
  • а conj (although)
  • а conj (except)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • escepte de conj (except)
  • krom conj (except)
  • sed conj (although)
  • sed conj (rather)

Estonian

4 entries
  • a conj (although)
  • aga conj (although)
  • ent conj (rather)
  • kuid conj (although)

Faroese

3 entries
  • men conj (although)
  • men conj (rather)
  • uttan conj (except)

Finnish

4 entries
  • mutta conj (although)
  • mutta conj (rather)
  • paitsi conj (except)
  • vaan conj (rather)

French

4 entries
  • cependant conj (although)
  • en dehors de conj (except)
  • excepté conj (except)
  • mais conj (although)

Galician

4 entries
  • agás conj (except)
  • eigo conj (except)
  • inanque conj (although)
  • inda que conj (although)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არამედ conj (rather)
  • გარდა conj (except)
  • გარეშე conj (except)
  • თუმცა conj (although)

German

4 entries
  • aber conj (although)
  • aber conj (rather)
  • aber nicht conj (except)
  • aber trotzdem conj (although)

Greek

4 entries
  • αλλά conj (rather)
  • αλλά conj (except)
  • αν και conj (although)
  • εκτός conj (except)

Greenlandic

4 entries
  • galuar conj (although)
  • kaluar conj (although)
  • kisianni conj (rather)
  • li conj (rather)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પણ conj (although)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 但係 /但系 conj (although)
  • 毋過 /毋过 conj (although)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • akā conj (although)
  • akā conj (rather)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אֲבָל conj (although)
  • אֶלָּא conj (rather)
  • אֶלָּא conj (except)
  • אַךְ conj (although)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पर conj (although)
  • परंतु conj (rather)
  • मगर conj (rather)
  • लेकिन conj (although)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • azonban conj (rather)
  • csak conj (except)
  • csak conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))
  • csupán conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))

Icelandic

2 entries
  • en conj (although)
  • heldur conj (rather)

Ido

2 entries
  • ma conj (although)
  • ma conj (rather)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kecuali conj (although)
  • namun conj (rather)
  • tapi conj (although)
  • tapi conj (except)

Inuktitut

4 entries
  • galuaq conj (although)
  • kaluaq conj (although)
  • kisiani conj (rather)
  • li conj (rather)

Inupiaq

2 entries
  • aglaan conj (rather)
  • li conj (rather)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • امَّا conj (rather)
  • اَگَرْچِه conj (although)
  • با این حال conj (rather)
  • بِجُز conj (except)

Irish

3 entries
  • ach conj (although)
  • ach conj (rather)
  • ach conj (except)

Italian

4 entries
  • a parte conj (except)
  • eccetto conj (except)
  • ma conj (although)
  • ma conj (rather)

Japanese

4 entries
  • が conj (although)
  • けど conj (although)
  • けれど conj (although)
  • けれども conj (although)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • ауэ conj (although)

Kaingang

1 entries
  • hã ra conj (rather)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಆದರೆ conj (although)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • nune conj (rather)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бірақ conj (although)
  • бірақ conj (rather)

Khasi

1 entries
  • hynrei conj (although)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ conj (although)
  • ចៀសតែ conj (except)
  • ដែរ conj (rather)
  • តែ conj (although)

Korean

4 entries
  • 그러나 conj (although)
  • 그러나 conj (rather)
  • 외에 conj (except)
  • 지만 conj (although)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • бирок conj (rather)

Lao

2 entries
  • ແຕ່ conj (although)
  • ແຕ່ conj (rather)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • a conj (rather)

Latin

4 entries
  • ast conj (although)
  • at conj (although)
  • autem conj (although)
  • sed conj (although)

Latvian

4 entries
  • bet conj (although)
  • bet conj (rather)
  • taču conj (although)
  • taču conj (rather)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • ma conj (although)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • bet conj (although)
  • bet conj (rather)
  • nors conj (although)
  • nors conj (rather)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • mé conj (although)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • ale conj (although)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • а́ма conj (although)
  • но conj (although)
  • но conj (rather)
  • освен conj (except)

Malay

3 entries
  • kecuali conj (except)
  • tetapi conj (although)
  • tetapi conj (rather)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പക്ഷേ conj (although)

Maltese

4 entries
  • imma conj (rather)
  • iżda conj (although)
  • iżda conj (rather)
  • minbarra conj (except)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • ɓadi conj (although)

Marshallese

1 entries
  • ma conj (although)

Mohawk

1 entries
  • nek tsi conj (although)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • биш, харин conj (rather)
  • гэхдээ conj (although)
  • харин conj (rather)

Mwali Comorian

2 entries
  • walakini conj (although)
  • ɓe conj (rather)

Navajo

2 entries
  • ndi conj (although)
  • ndi conj (rather)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries
  • amma conj (although)
  • lakini conj (although)
  • sha conj (although)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • bes conj (although)
  • ema conj (although)
  • ema conj (except)
  • feqet conj (although)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • bortsett fra conj (except)
  • enn conj (except)
  • foruten conj (except)
  • men conj (although)

Occitan

4 entries
  • exceptat conj (except)
  • franc conj (except)
  • fòra conj (except)
  • levat conj (except)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • але conj (rather)
  • нъ conj (rather)

Old English

4 entries
  • ac conj (although)
  • ac conj (rather)
  • ah conj (although)
  • ah conj (rather)

Pacoh

4 entries
  • icốh ma conj (although)
  • kếh ma conj (although)
  • ma conj (although)
  • ncốh ma conj (although)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اما conj (although)
  • لېکن conj (although)
  • منګر conj (although)
  • مګر conj (although)

Polish

4 entries
  • ale conj (although)
  • ale conj (rather)
  • chociaż conj (although)
  • oprócz conj (except)

Pontic Greek

3 entries
  • άμα conj (rather)
  • κι̮άρ’ conj (rather)
  • νέμα conj (rather)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • embora conj (although)
  • exceto conj (except)
  • mas conj (although)
  • mas conj (rather)

Rapa Nui

2 entries
  • pero conj (although)
  • pero conj (rather)

Romani

1 entries
  • tha' conj (although)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ci conj (rather)
  • dar conj (although)
  • decât conj (except)
  • doar conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))

Romansch

3 entries
  • cumbain che conj (although)
  • ma conj (rather)
  • però conj (rather)

Russian

4 entries
  • а conj (rather)
  • кро́ме conj (except)
  • лишь conj (except)
  • лишь conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • तु conj (rather)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ach conj (although)
  • ach conj (except)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nego conj (rather)
  • osim conj (except)
  • sem conj (except)
  • već conj (rather)

Shan

4 entries
  • ပွႆးလၵ်း conj (although)
  • ပွႆးၸိုင် conj (although)
  • သီႈတႄႉ conj (although)
  • သီႈလၵ်း conj (although)

Slovak

4 entries
  • ale conj (although)
  • ale conj (rather)
  • len conj (except)
  • len conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))

Slovene

4 entries
  • a conj (rather)
  • rázen conj (except)
  • tóda conj (although)
  • àmpak conj (rather)

Sotho

2 entries
  • empa conj (although)
  • ha e se conj (except)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aunque conj (although)
  • empero conj (although)
  • excepto conj (except)
  • mas conj (although)

Swahili

4 entries
  • bali conj (rather)
  • lakini conj (although)
  • lakini conj (rather)
  • walakini conj (rather)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fast conj (although)
  • förutom conj (except)
  • men conj (although)
  • utan conj (rather)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • baga ma't conj (although)
  • bagamat conj (although)
  • kundi conj (rather)
  • maliban conj (except)

Tajik

4 entries
  • агарчи conj (although)
  • аммо conj (although)
  • аммо conj (rather)
  • вале conj (although)

Talysh

1 entries
  • ولی conj (rather)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஆனால் conj (although)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • macc (mish) conj (although)

Tatar

2 entries
  • ә conj (rather)
  • әмма conj (rather)

Thai

3 entries
  • แต่ conj (although)
  • แต่ conj (rather)
  • แต่ว่า conj (although)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཡིན་ན་ཡང conj (although)
  • ཡིན་ན་ཡང conj (rather)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ama conj (although)
  • ama conj (rather)
  • ancak conj (although)
  • başka conj (except)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • emma conj (rather)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • а conj (rather)
  • але́ conj (although)
  • але́ conj (rather)
  • крім conj (except)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • ale conj (although)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اَگَرْچِہ conj (although)
  • بس conj (solely, only, merely (obsolete))
  • لیکِن conj (although)
  • لیکِن conj (rather)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • ammo conj (although)
  • ammo conj (rather)
  • biroq conj (rather)
  • lekin conj (although)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mà conj (although)
  • nhưng conj (although)
  • nhưng conj (rather)
  • nhưng mà conj (although)

Volapük

1 entries
  • ab conj (although)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ac eithrio conj (except)
  • er conj (although)
  • heblaw am conj (rather)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • mar conj (rather)
  • mar conj (except)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אָבער conj (although)
  • אָבער conj (rather)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • taugaam conj (rather)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • la (diq) conj (except)
  • labelê (diq) conj (rather)
  • nara conj (although)
  • nara conj (rather)

Zulu

2 entries
  • kodwa conj (rather)
  • kodwa conj (rather)

ǃXóõ

2 entries
  • gúʻni tshòo conj (although)
  • xàbēkà conj (although)

Sample sentences

63 total sentences available.

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I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.

Source: tatoeba (1355)

I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.

Source: tatoeba (1359)

I am a flawed person, but these are flaws that can easily be fixed.

Source: tatoeba (1371)

After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.

Source: tatoeba (1396)

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