Perhaps

//pəˈhæps//

Synonyms for "perhaps" (43 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Adverb(2 words)
bechancebelike
Prep_phrase(1 words)
by any chance

Strong matches (13)

Adverb(2 words)
maybemayhap
Adverb(2 words)
maybemayhap

Related words (21)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

2 entries

derived from

2 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

related to

28 entries

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Translations

224 translations across 106 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ndoshta 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

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

Azerbaijani

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

Bashkir

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

Basque

1 entries
  • beherbada 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)

Bikol Central

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

Breton

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

Bulgarian

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

Catalan

3 entries
  • possiblement adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • potser adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • tal vegada adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • بەشکوم adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • بەشکوو adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • بەڵکوو adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ڕەنگە adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Cherokee

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

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 也許 /也许 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 可能 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 或是 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 或許 /或许 adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Coptic

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

Corsican

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

Czech

2 entries
  • možná adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • snad adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Danish

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

Dutch

2 entries
  • misschien adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • wellicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • але 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

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

Finnish

3 entries
  • ehkä adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kenties adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mahdollisesti adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

French

2 entries
  • peut-être adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • possiblement adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Friulian

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

Galician

4 entries
  • cecais adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quizais adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quizaves adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • se cadra adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Gallo

1 entries
  • ventieil' adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ეგებ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • იქნებ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • შესაძლოა adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

German

2 entries
  • vielleicht adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • wohl adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Greek

4 entries
  • ίσως adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ενδεχομένως adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • μάλλον adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • μήπως adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Gujarati

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

Hausa

2 entries
  • iya adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • yiwu adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • malia adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • paha adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Hebrew

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

Hindi

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

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

Ido

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

Indonesian

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

Interlingua

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

Inuktitut

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

Irish

1 entries
  • b'fhéidir adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Istriot

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

Italian

1 entries
  • forse 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)
  • ひょっとして adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • もしかして adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • мүмкін 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)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບາງທີ 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)

Lithuanian

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

Livonian

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

Lushootseed

2 entries
  • ʔəx̌id kʷa adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ʔəx̌id la adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Macedonian

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

Malay

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

Malayalam

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

Mirandese

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

Mongolian

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

Māori

3 entries
  • pea adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • āwhai adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ētia adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Ngazidja Comorian

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

Norman

1 entries
  • p'tête adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Northern Kurdish

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

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kan hende adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanskje adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • muligens adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • muligvis adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • kan henda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • kanskje adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mogelegvis 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

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

Old English

1 entries
  • weald þēah adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Old Norse

3 entries
  • léttliga adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • má adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • nǫkkut adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Pashto

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

Persian

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

Plautdietsch

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

Polish

3 entries
  • bodaj adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • może adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • zapewne adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Portuguese

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

Quechua

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

Romanian

2 entries
  • poate adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • posibil adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Russian

4 entries
  • возмо́жно adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́жет adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо́жет быть adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • наве́рное adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Sanskrit

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

Scots

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

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • 's dòcha adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • 's mathaid adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • dh'fhaoidte adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mòžda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mȍgūće adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо̀жда adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • мо̏гӯће adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • forsi adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • fraci adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Slovak

3 entries
  • možno adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • môžbyť adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • snáď adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Slovene

2 entries
  • mogóče adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • mordà adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acaso adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quizá adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • quizás adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • tal vez adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Swahili

2 entries
  • huenda adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • pingine adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kanske adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • möjligen adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Tajik

3 entries
  • мумкин adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • шояд adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • эҳтимол adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Talysh

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

Taos

1 entries
  • yúhi 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

2 entries
  • บางที adv (indicating a lack of certainty)
  • ไม่แน่ adv (indicating a lack of certainty)

Turkish

1 entries
  • belki 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

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

Volapük

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

Welsh

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

Yiddish

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

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.

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It will be fine weather tomorrow, perhaps.

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Now that you know the truth, perhaps you'll feel better.

Source: tatoeba (31217)

And even outside these nations, English is perhaps more widely used as a medium of international communication than any other language.

Source: tatoeba (32723)

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