I don't know if I have the time.
Source: tatoeba (1292)
If
/ɪf/
Synonyms for "if" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: afisr, case, in any case, inced, provided.
- Sentence evidence is available for if, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "if".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "if"
Keep "if" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "if" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "if", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "if" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Translations
264 translations across 140 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- as conj (supposing that)
- indien conj (supposing that)
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜆𑜦𑜡 conj (supposing that)
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒋳𒈠 conj (supposing that)
Albanian
1 entries- nëse conj (supposing that)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- εἰ conj (supposing that)
- ἄν conj (supposing that)
- ἐάν conj (supposing that)
- ἤν conj (supposing that)
Arabic
4 entries- إذا conj (supposing that)
- إذا conj (supposing that)
- إذا conj (supposing that)
- إن conj (supposing that)
Aragonese
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Aramaic
4 entries- אִין conj (supposing that)
- אִלּוּ conj (supposing that)
- אֶן conj (supposing that)
- ܐܠܘ conj (supposing that)
Armenian
1 entries- եթե conj (supposing that)
Aromanian
1 entries- disi conj (supposing that)
Asturian
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əgər conj (supposing that)
Bakhtiari
1 entries- ار conj (supposing that)
Bashkir
2 entries- әгәр conj (supposing that)
- әгәр ҙә conj (supposing that)
Belarusian
1 entries- калі́ conj (supposing that)
Bengali
1 entries- যদি conj (supposing that)
Bislama
1 entries- sapos conj (supposing that)
Breton
1 entries- ma conj (supposing that)
Bulgarian
1 entries- а́ко conj (supposing that)
Burmese
4 entries- က conj (supposing that)
- ရင် conj (supposing that)
- လျှင် conj (supposing that)
- အကယ်၍ conj (supposing that)
Catalan
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئەگەر conj (supposing that)
Chinese
4 entries- вәё conj (supposing that)
- дан conj (supposing that)
- дансы conj (supposing that)
- зэ conj (supposing that)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 如果 conj (supposing that)
- 要是 conj (supposing that)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- ...的话 conj (supposing that)
- 如 conj (supposing that)
- 如果 conj (supposing that)
- 當 /当 conj (supposing that)
Chukchi
3 entries- эвыр conj (supposing that)
- эвыръым conj (supposing that)
- эвыт conj (supposing that)
Chuvash
1 entries- эхер conj (supposing that)
Czech
2 entries- jestliže conj (supposing that)
- pokud conj (supposing that)
Danish
4 entries- dersom conj (supposing that)
- hvis conj (supposing that)
- nærmest conj (supposing that)
- om conj (supposing that)
Dutch
3 entries- als conj (supposing that)
- as conj (supposing that)
- indien conj (supposing that)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- гын conj (supposing that)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 儷是 /俪是 conj (supposing that)
Esperanto
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Estonian
1 entries- kui conj (supposing that)
Finnish
2 entries- jos conj (supposing that)
- mikäli conj (supposing that)
French
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Galician
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Georgian
1 entries- თუ conj (supposing that)
German
2 entries- falls conj (supposing that)
- wenn conj (supposing that)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 conj (supposing that)
Greek
4 entries- άμα conj (supposing that)
- αν conj (supposing that)
- εάν conj (supposing that)
- ει conj (supposing that)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִם conj (supposing that)
Hindi
3 entries- अगर conj (supposing that)
- जो conj (supposing that)
- यदि conj (supposing that)
Hungarian
3 entries- amennyiben conj (supposing that)
- ha conj (supposing that)
- hogyha conj (supposing that)
Icelandic
1 entries- ef conj (supposing that)
Ido
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Indonesian
3 entries- apabila conj (supposing that)
- jika conj (supposing that)
- kalau conj (supposing that)
Ingrian
1 entries- jos conj (supposing that)
Interlingua
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Irish
2 entries- dá conj (supposing that)
- má conj (supposing that)
Italian
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Japanese
4 entries- ...えば conj (supposing that)
- ...だったら conj (supposing that)
- ...ては conj (supposing that)
- ...と conj (supposing that)
Javanese
1 entries- manawa conj (supposing that)
Kamkata-viri
1 entries- to conj (supposing that)
Kapampangan
4 entries- ... naman pa conj (supposing that)
- ...naman conj (supposing that)
- ...paman conj (supposing that)
- ...taman conj (supposing that)
Kazakh
1 entries- егер conj (supposing that)
Khmer
1 entries- បើ conj (supposing that)
Korean
2 entries- -면 conj (supposing that)
- 만약 conj (supposing that)
Kumyk
1 entries- эгер conj (supposing that)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эгер conj (supposing that)
Lao
2 entries- ຄັນ conj (supposing that)
- ຖ້າ conj (supposing that)
Latin
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Latvian
1 entries- ja conj (supposing that)
Lingala
1 entries- soki conj (supposing that)
Lithuanian
2 entries- jei conj (supposing that)
- jeigu conj (supposing that)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- -li conj (supposing that)
- gaby conj (supposing that)
- gaž conj (supposing that)
- joli conj (supposing that)
Lü
1 entries- ᦅᧃ conj (supposing that)
Macedonian
1 entries- ако conj (supposing that)
Malay
4 entries- andai conj (supposing that)
- jika conj (supposing that)
- jikalau conj (supposing that)
- kalau conj (supposing that)
Malayalam
1 entries- എങ്കിൽ conj (supposing that)
Maltese
1 entries- jekk conj (supposing that)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- djeli conj (supposing that)
Middle French
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Mongolian
3 entries- -бал conj (supposing that)
- -вал conj (supposing that)
- болзол conj (supposing that)
Māori
1 entries- mēnā conj (supposing that)
Navajo
1 entries- ládą́ą́ʼ conj (supposing that)
Neapolitan
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- eger conj (supposing that)
- heke conj (supposing that)
Northern Sami
1 entries- jos conj (supposing that)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- dersom conj (supposing that)
- hvis conj (supposing that)
- når conj (supposing that)
- om conj (supposing that)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- dersom conj (supposing that)
- i fall conj (supposing that)
- om conj (supposing that)
- såframt conj (supposing that)
Nǀuu
1 entries- ǃûu conj (supposing that)
Occitan
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Old English
1 entries- ġif conj (supposing that)
Old French
1 entries- se conj (supposing that)
Old Irish
2 entries- dia conj (supposing that)
- má conj (supposing that)
Pashto
2 entries- که conj (supposing that)
- که چېرې conj (supposing that)
Persian
2 entries- اگر conj (supposing that)
- چنانچه conj (supposing that)
Polish
4 entries- gdyby conj (supposing that)
- jak conj (supposing that)
- jeśli conj (supposing that)
- jeżeli conj (supposing that)
Portuguese
2 entries- caso conj (supposing that)
- se conj (supposing that)
Punjabi
2 entries- جے conj (supposing that)
- ਜੇ conj (supposing that)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- ana conj (supposing that)
Romanian
1 entries- dacă conj (supposing that)
Romansch
1 entries- sche conj (supposing that)
Russian
4 entries- е́жели conj (supposing that)
- е́сли conj (supposing that)
- ка́бы conj (supposing that)
- ко́ли conj (supposing that)
Sanskrit
1 entries- यदि conj (supposing that)
Scots
2 entries- gin conj (supposing that)
- if conj (supposing that)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ma conj (supposing that)
- nan conj (supposing that)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȁko conj (supposing that)
- ȁko conj (supposing that)
Shan
1 entries- ပေႃး conj (supposing that)
Sikkimese
1 entries- གལ་སྲིད conj (supposing that)
Sinhalese
2 entries- නං conj (supposing that)
- නම් conj (supposing that)
Slovak
1 entries- ak conj (supposing that)
Slovene
1 entries- če conj (supposing that)
Spanish
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Sundanese
1 entries- upami conj (supposing that)
Swahili
2 entries- ikiwa conj (supposing that)
- kama conj (supposing that)
Swedish
1 entries- om conj (supposing that)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪖ꫁ꪱꪫ꪿ꪱ conj (supposing that)
Tai Nüa
1 entries- ᥗᥪᥒᥴᥝᥣ conj (supposing that)
Tajik
1 entries- агар conj (supposing that)
Tamil
1 entries- என்றால் conj (supposing that)
Tatar
1 entries- әгәр conj (supposing that)
Telugu
1 entries- అయితే conj (supposing that)
Thai
1 entries- ถ้า หาก conj (supposing that)
Tibetan
1 entries- ན conj (supposing that)
Tocharian B
2 entries- inte conj (supposing that)
- kwri conj (supposing that)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- sapos conj (supposing that)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- لَوْ كَانْ conj (supposing that)
Turkish
4 entries- -sa conj (supposing that)
- -se conj (supposing that)
- eğer conj (supposing that)
- ise conj (supposing that)
Turkmen
1 entries- eger conj (supposing that)
Uab Meto
1 entries- kalu conj (supposing that)
Ukrainian
2 entries- коли́ conj (supposing that)
- якщо́ conj (supposing that)
Urdu
2 entries- اگر conj (supposing that)
- یدی conj (supposing that)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەگەر conj (supposing that)
Uzbek
1 entries- agar conj (supposing that)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hễ (mà) conj (supposing that)
- nếu (mà) conj (supposing that)
- nếu trường hợp conj (supposing that)
Volapük
1 entries- if conj (supposing that)
Waigali
1 entries- të conj (supposing that)
Walloon
1 entries- si conj (supposing that)
Welsh
2 entries- os conj (supposing that)
- pe conj (supposing that)
West-Frisian
2 entries- as conj (supposing that)
- at conj (supposing that)
Wutunhua
1 entries- -la conj (supposing that)
Yakut
1 entries- өскө conj (supposing that)
Yiddish
3 entries- אַז conj (supposing that)
- אויב conj (supposing that)
- טאָמער conj (supposing that)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- wa conj (supposing that)
Zazaki
2 entries- eger conj (supposing that)
- eke (diq) conj (supposing that)
Zealandic
2 entries- a conj (supposing that)
- as conj (supposing that)
Zhuang
1 entries- danghnaeuz conj (supposing that)
Sample sentences
40 total sentences available.
I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.
Source: tatoeba (1305)
If the world weren't in the shape it is now, I could trust anyone.
Source: tatoeba (1319)
America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
Source: tatoeba (1338)
Showing 4 of 40 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "if"?
Closest matches include afisr, case, in any case, inced, provided.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "if"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.