Maybe

//ˈmeɪ.bi//

Synonyms for "maybe" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Adverb(3 words)
mayhapsperhapspossibly

Strong matches (6)

Adverb(1 words)
could be
Noun(1 words)
futurity
Adverb(1 words)
mayhap

Related words (10)

Noun(1 words)
perhaps

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

4 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

8 entries

derived from

2 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

3 entries

Translations

306 translations across 112 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • dalk adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • miskien adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ndoshta adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Aleut

1 entries
  • amustukux̂ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries
  • شاید adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἴσως adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Arabic

4 entries
  • احتمال adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • بجوز adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • بركي adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • بلكن adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Armenian

2 entries
  • միգուցե adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • միգուցե adv (as a pro-sentence)

Asturian

4 entries
  • escurque adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • igual adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quiciabes adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quiciáis adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • bəlkə adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ola bilsin adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • бәлки adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • бәлки adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • ихтимал adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ихтимал adv (as a pro-sentence)

Basque

1 entries
  • naski adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ма́быць adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • магчы́ма adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́жа adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • мо́же би adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Catalan

1 entries
  • potser adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لەوانەیە adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ڕەنگە adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • mi·kán adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Chechen

1 entries
  • хила тарло adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᏎᏛ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ᎠᏎᏱᎩ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 或者 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 有可能 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 也許 /也许 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 也許 /也许 adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • 可能 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 可能 adv (as a pro-sentence)

Chinook Jargon

1 entries
  • alaxti adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Cornish

1 entries
  • martesen adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Czech

3 entries
  • asi adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • možná adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • možná adv (as a pro-sentence)

Danish

2 entries
  • måske adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • måske adv (as a pro-sentence)

Dutch

4 entries
  • het zou kunnen adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • misschien adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • misschien adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • mogelijk adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • ала adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Erzya

3 entries
  • кие соды adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • паряк adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • улема adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • eble adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Estonian

4 entries
  • ehk adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • järsku adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • vahest adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • võib-olla adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Faroese

2 entries
  • kanska adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanska adv (as a pro-sentence)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ehkä adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • jospa adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • voi olla adv (as a pro-sentence)

French

4 entries
  • c'est possible adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • il se peut que adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • peut-être adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • peut-être adv (as a pro-sentence)

Galician

4 entries
  • cecais adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • poida adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • quizais adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quizaves adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Gallo

2 entries
  • ventieil' adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ventieil' adv (as a pro-sentence)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შესაძლებელია adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • შესაძლოა adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

German

4 entries
  • gut möglich adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • kann sein adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • möglicherweise adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • vielleicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Greek

1 entries
  • ίσως adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • paha adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אוּלַי adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • אוּלַי adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • יִתָּכֵן adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कदाचित adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • कदाचित adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • कदाचित् adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • शायद adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • talán adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • ef til vill adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ef til vill adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • kannske adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kannske adv (as a pro-sentence)

Ido

1 entries
  • forsan adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • barangkali adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Irish

3 entries
  • b'fhéidir adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • b'fhéidir adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • is dócha adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Italian

4 entries
  • chissà adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • forse adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • forse adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • magari adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Japanese

4 entries
  • …かもしれない adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • …でしょう adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 多分 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 多分 adv (as a pro-sentence)

Kaingang

1 entries
  • hẽn ri ke mũn adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • бәлки adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • бәлкім adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мүмкін adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • шығар adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tèitsōu è adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រហែល adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Korean

3 entries
  • 아마 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 아마도 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 어쩌면 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • балким adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мүмкүн adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ladino

1 entries
  • puedeser adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Lao

2 entries
  • ບາງທີ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ອາດຈະ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Latin

4 entries
  • fors adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • forsan adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • forsit adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • forsitan adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Latvian

1 entries
  • varbūt adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • fòscia adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • gal adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • galbūt adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Livonian

1 entries
  • agā adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Low German

3 entries
  • viellichte adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • villicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • villichte adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • можеби adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Malay

2 entries
  • barangkali adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mungkin adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Maltese

1 entries
  • forsi adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कदाचित adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • devet adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Michif

1 entries
  • maashkoot adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • магадгүй adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Moose-Cree

1 entries
  • mâškôc adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Māori

3 entries
  • pea adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • āwhai adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • āwhai adv (as a pro-sentence)

Navajo

1 entries
  • daatsʼí adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • flicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • dibe ku adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kan hende adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kan hende adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • kanskje adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanskje det adv (as a pro-sentence)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • kan henda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanskje adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • må henda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Occitan

2 entries
  • benlèu adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • bensai adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • iindog adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • maagizhaa adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Old English

1 entries
  • wēnunga adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شايد adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Persian

1 entries
  • شاید adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Plains-Cree

2 entries
  • mâskôc adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • êtikwê adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • veleicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Polish

2 entries
  • być może adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • może adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • pode ser adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • porventura adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • porventura adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • possivelmente adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸ਼ਾਇਦ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Romanian

2 entries
  • poate adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • poate adv (as a pro-sentence)

Russian

4 entries
  • возмо́жно adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • возмо́жно adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • мо́жет быть adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́жет быть adv (as a pro-sentence)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्यात् adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Scots

1 entries
  • mibbe adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • 's dòcha adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 's dòcha adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • 's mathaid adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 's mathaid adv (as a pro-sentence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mòžda adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • mȍgūće adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • мо̀жда adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • мо̏гӯће adv (as a pro-sentence)

Slovak

4 entries
  • azda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • možno adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • možno adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • vari adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Slovene

3 entries
  • mogóče adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mogóče adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • mordà adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acaso adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • capaz adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • de pronto adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • de repente adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kanhända adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanske adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanske adv (as a pro-sentence)
  • måhända adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • baka adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шояд adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Tatar

3 entries
  • бәлки adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ихтимал adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мөмкин adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Thai

3 entries
  • คงจะ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • บางที adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • อาจจะ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Turkish

2 entries
  • belki adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • olabilir adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • belki adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ма́буть adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́же adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́же бу́ти adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • можли́во adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شاید adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • غالباً adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بەلكى adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • مۇمكىن adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • balki adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ehtimol adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • có lẽ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Walloon

3 entries
  • kécfeye adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • motoit adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • putete adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Welsh

3 entries
  • dichon adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • efallai adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ella adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • miskien adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אפֿשר adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • belki (diq) adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • qay (diq) adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.

Source: tatoeba (1374)

A scientist had to know how to ask the correct question and to state it so clearly that the answer would be, in effect, a definite yes or no, not "maybe".

Source: tatoeba (23977)

Maybe I will settle down with a woman.

Source: tatoeba (30175)

Maybe I ought to expand the memory.

Source: tatoeba (31781)

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