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Source: tatoeba (1327)
There
/ðə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "there" (34 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
Adverb(7 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: away there, over there, yonder, all over, all round.
- Sentence evidence is available for there, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
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 "there".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "there"
Keep "there" 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 "there" 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 "there", 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 "there" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
12 entriesattention gettercomforting phrasecompletion exclamationdummy pronounexclamatory triumphexistential thereover therepointing exclamationreassuring formulathere arethere existsthereabouts
Collocations
14 entriesover thereright therethere arethere isthere nowthere therethere you arethere you gothereaboutsthereaftertherebythereinthereintothereupon
Derivations
7 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesTranslations
341 translations across 161 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- daar adv (in or at that place)
Ainu
1 entries- トアンタ adv (in or at that place)
Albanian
3 entries- andej adv (to or into that place; thither)
- atje adv (in or at that place)
- aty adv (in or at that place)
American Sign Language
1 entries- 1@Side-PalmDown adv (in or at that place)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- αὐτοῦ adv (in or at that place)
- κεῖ adv (in or at that place)
- κεῖθι adv (in or at that place)
- τόθι adv (in or at that place)
Arabic
4 entries- إِلَى هُنَاكَ adv (to or into that place; thither)
- هناك adv (in or at that place)
- هناك adv (in or at that place)
- هُنَا adv (in or at that place)
Aramaic
2 entries- תמן adv (in or at that place)
- ܬܡܢ adv (in or at that place)
Armenian
3 entries- այնտեղ adv (in or at that place)
- այնտեղ adv (to or into that place; thither)
- հոն adv (in or at that place)
Aromanian
3 entries- aclo adv (in or at that place)
- aclotsi adv (in or at that place)
- atsia adv (in or at that place)
Assamese
2 entries- তাত adv (in or at that place)
- তালৈ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܬܵܡܵܐ adv (in or at that place)
Asturian
2 entries- allá adv (in or at that place)
- allá adv (to or into that place; thither)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- orada adv (in or at that place)
Bashkir
2 entries- унда adv (in or at that place)
- унда adv (to or into that place; thither)
Belarusian
2 entries- там adv (in or at that place)
- туды́ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Bengali
2 entries- ওখানে adv (in or at that place)
- সেখানে adv (in or at that place)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- ऊहाँ adv (in or at that place)
Bikol Central
2 entries- diyan adv (in or at that place)
- duman adv (in or at that place)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ната́м adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ната́тък adv (to or into that place; thither)
- там adv (in or at that place)
Burmese
3 entries- ဟိုနား adv (in or at that place)
- ဟိုမှာ adv (in or at that place)
- အဲဒီမှာ adv (in or at that place)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- inni adv (in or at that place)
Catalan
2 entries- allà adv (in or at that place)
- allí adv (in or at that place)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- not·to adv (in or at that place)
Chinese
3 entries- нэни adv (in or at that place)
- нэтар adv (in or at that place)
- 遐 adv (in or at that place)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 嗰度 adv (in or at that place)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 那兒 /那儿 adv (in or at that place)
- 那兒 /那儿 adv (to or into that place; thither)
- 那裡 /那里 adv (in or at that place)
- 那裡 /那里 adv (to or into that place; thither)
Church Slavic
1 entries- тамо adv (in or at that place)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- oncān adv (in or at that place)
Czech
2 entries- tam adv (in or at that place)
- tam adv (to or into that place; thither)
Danish
3 entries- der adv (in or at that place)
- derhen adv (to or into that place; thither)
- did adv (to or into that place; thither)
Dutch
4 entries- aldaar adv (to or into that place; thither)
- daar adv (in or at that place)
- daarheen adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ginder adv (in or at that place)
Elfdalian
1 entries- dar adv (in or at that place)
Esperanto
2 entries- tie adv (in or at that place)
- tien adv (to or into that place; thither)
Estonian
2 entries- seal adv (in or at that place)
- sinna adv (to or into that place; thither)
Even
1 entries- тала adv (in or at that place)
Evenki
1 entries- тала adv (in or at that place)
Faroese
2 entries- hagar adv (to or into that place; thither)
- har adv (in or at that place)
Finnish
4 entries- siellä adv (in or at that place)
- siihen adv (to or into that place; thither)
- siinä adv (in or at that place)
- sinne adv (to or into that place; thither)
French
4 entries- là adv (in or at that place)
- là adv (to or into that place; thither)
- là-bas adv (in or at that place)
- y adv (in or at that place)
Galician
1 entries- alí adv (in or at that place)
Georgian
1 entries- იქ adv (in or at that place)
German
4 entries- da adv (in or at that place)
- dahin adv (to or into that place; thither)
- dort adv (in or at that place)
- dorthin adv (to or into that place; thither)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳 adv (to or into that place; thither)
Greek
3 entries- εκεί adv (in or at that place)
- εκείσε adv (to or into that place; thither)
- προς τα εκεί adv (to or into that place; thither)
Greenlandic
2 entries- tassani adv (in or at that place)
- uani adv (in or at that place)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- la adv (in or at that place)
Hawaiian
1 entries- aia adv (in or at that place)
Hebrew
2 entries- לְ־שָׁם adv (to or into that place; thither)
- שָׁם adv (in or at that place)
Higaonon
1 entries- diya adv (in or at that place)
Hindi
2 entries- उधर adv (to or into that place; thither)
- वहाँ adv (in or at that place)
Hungarian
2 entries- oda adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ott adv (in or at that place)
Hunsrik
1 entries- dart adv (in or at that place)
Icelandic
4 entries- þangað adv (to or into that place; thither)
- þar adv (in or at that place)
- þarna adv (in or at that place)
- það adv (in or at that place)
Ido
1 entries- ibe adv (in or at that place)
Ilocano
1 entries- idiay adv (in or at that place)
Indonesian
4 entries- ke sana adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ke situ adv (to or into that place; thither)
- sana adv (in or at that place)
- situ adv (in or at that place)
Ingrian
1 entries- seel adv (in or at that place)
Interlingua
3 entries- ibi adv (in or at that place)
- illac adv (in or at that place)
- la adv (in or at that place)
Irish
3 entries- ansin adv (in or at that place)
- ansin adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ansiúd adv (in or at that place)
Italian
4 entries- ci adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ivi adv (in or at that place)
- là adv (in or at that place)
- lì adv (in or at that place)
Japanese
4 entries- あそこ adv (in or at that place)
- あそこへ adv (to or into that place; thither)
- そこ adv (in or at that place)
- そこへ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Javanese
1 entries- kono adv (in or at that place)
Kaitag
4 entries- гьелен adv (in or at that place)
- гьелин adv (in or at that place)
- гьет adv (in or at that place)
- гьетав adv (to or into that place; thither)
Kalmyk
1 entries- тенд adv (in or at that place)
Kapampangan
3 entries- karin adv (in or at that place)
- ken adv (in or at that place)
- keta adv (in or at that place)
Karakhanid
1 entries- اَنْدا adv (in or at that place)
Kashubian
1 entries- tam adv (in or at that place)
Kazakh
3 entries- анда adv (in or at that place)
- онда adv (in or at that place)
- сонда adv (in or at that place)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- kòulē adv (in or at that place)
Khmer
4 entries- ណោះ adv (in or at that place)
- ទីនោះ adv (in or at that place)
- នោះ adv (in or at that place)
- ឯណោះ adv (in or at that place)
Kituba
1 entries- kuna adv (in or at that place)
Kongo
1 entries- kuna adv (in or at that place)
Korean
3 entries- 거기 adv (in or at that place)
- 거기에 adv (in or at that place)
- 거기에 adv (to or into that place; thither)
Kumyk
1 entries- онда adv (in or at that place)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- анда adv (in or at that place)
Lakota
1 entries- heci adv (in or at that place)
Lao
1 entries- ນັ້ນ adv (in or at that place)
Latgalian
1 entries- tī adv (in or at that place)
Latin
4 entries- eo adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ibi adv (in or at that place)
- illic adv (in or at that place)
- illuc adv (to or into that place; thither)
Latvian
3 entries- tur adv (in or at that place)
- tur adv (to or into that place; thither)
- turp adv (to or into that place; thither)
Ligurian
1 entries- ghe adv (to or into that place; thither)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ten adv (in or at that place)
Livonian
1 entries- sǟl adv (in or at that place)
Lombard
1 entries- ghe adv (to or into that place; thither)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tam adv (in or at that place)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- do adv (in or at that place)
- dohin adv (to or into that place; thither)
Macedonian
3 entries- на́таму adv (to or into that place; thither)
- та́му adv (in or at that place)
- та́му adv (to or into that place; thither)
Malay
4 entries- di sana adv (in or at that place)
- di situ adv (in or at that place)
- ke sana adv (to or into that place; thither)
- ke situ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Maltese
2 entries- hemm adv (in or at that place)
- hemmhekk adv (in or at that place)
Marathi
2 entries- तिकडे adv (to or into that place; thither)
- तिथे adv (in or at that place)
Mirandese
2 entries- alhi adv (in or at that place)
- alhá adv (in or at that place)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэнд adv (in or at that place)
Mòcheno
1 entries- dert adv (in or at that place)
Nanai
1 entries- чала adv (in or at that place)
Navajo
1 entries- aadi adv (in or at that place)
Neapolitan
2 entries- allà adv (to or into that place; thither)
- loco adv (in or at that place)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- li wir adv (in or at that place)
- li wê derê adv (in or at that place)
- wir adv (to or into that place; thither)
- wê derê adv (to or into that place; thither)
Northern Sami
2 entries- dakko adv (in or at that place)
- doppe adv (in or at that place)
Norwegian
2 entries- der adv (in or at that place)
- dit adv (to or into that place; thither)
Nyunga
1 entries- ali adv (in or at that place)
Occitan
2 entries- ailà adv (in or at that place)
- alai adv (in or at that place)
Ojibwe
1 entries- imaa adv (in or at that place)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- тамо adv (in or at that place)
- тамъ adv (in or at that place)
Old English
2 entries- þæder adv (to or into that place; thither)
- þǣr adv (in or at that place)
Old French
2 entries- i adv (in or at that place)
- la adv (in or at that place)
Old Irish
1 entries- tall adv (in or at that place)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰧𐰀 adv (in or at that place)
Pashto
4 entries- هلته adv (in or at that place)
- هلته adv (to or into that place; thither)
- هورې adv (in or at that place)
- هورې adv (to or into that place; thither)
Persian
1 entries- آنجا adv (in or at that place)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- doa adv (in or at that place)
Polish
1 entries- tam adv (in or at that place)
Portuguese
4 entries- ali adv (in or at that place)
- aí adv (in or at that place)
- lá adv (in or at that place)
- para ali adv (to or into that place; thither)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਉੱਥੇ adv (in or at that place)
Quechua
2 entries- chaypi adv (in or at that place)
- haqaypi adv (in or at that place)
Romani
1 entries- kothe adv (in or at that place)
Romanian
2 entries- acolo adv (in or at that place)
- colo adv (in or at that place)
Romansch
1 entries- là adv (in or at that place)
Russian
2 entries- там adv (in or at that place)
- туда́ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तत्र adv (in or at that place)
Sardinian
1 entries- incúe adv (in or at that place)
Scots
1 entries- thar adv (in or at that place)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- an sin adv (in or at that place)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- onde adv (in or at that place)
- tamo adv (in or at that place)
- tamo adv (to or into that place; thither)
- онде adv (in or at that place)
Shor
2 entries- аара adv (to or into that place; thither)
- анда adv (in or at that place)
Sicilian
1 entries- ddà adv (in or at that place)
Slovak
3 entries- ta adv (to or into that place; thither)
- tam adv (in or at that place)
- tam adv (to or into that place; thither)
Slovene
2 entries- tjá adv (to or into that place; thither)
- tàm adv (in or at that place)
Southern Altai
2 entries- анда adv (in or at that place)
- ондо adv (in or at that place)
Spanish
4 entries- acullá (further than "allá") adv (in or at that place)
- ahí adv (in or at that place)
- allá adv (in or at that place)
- allí adv (in or at that place)
Swahili
1 entries- humo adv (in or at that place)
Swedish
2 entries- där adv (in or at that place)
- där) adv (to or into that place; thither)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠢꠘꠧ adv (in or at that place)
- ꠢꠤꠘꠧ adv (in or at that place)
Tagalog
2 entries- diyan adv (in or at that place)
- doon adv (in or at that place)
Tajik
1 entries- онҷо adv (in or at that place)
Tamil
1 entries- அங்கு adv (in or at that place)
Tatar
1 entries- анда adv (in or at that place)
Telugu
2 entries- అక్కడ adv (in or at that place)
- అక్కడికి adv (to or into that place; thither)
Thai
3 entries- ตรงนั้น adv (in or at that place)
- ที่นั่น adv (in or at that place)
- นั้น adv (in or at that place)
Tibetan
1 entries- དེར adv (in or at that place)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ompe adv (in or at that place)
Tooro
4 entries- aho class 16 adv (in or at that place)
- hali class 16 adv (in or at that place)
- kuli class 17 adv (in or at that place)
- oku class 17 adv (in or at that place)
Turkish
4 entries- ora adv (in or at that place)
- orada adv (in or at that place)
- oraya adv (to or into that place; thither)
- şurada adv (in or at that place)
Turkmen
2 entries- bu ýerde adv (in or at that place)
- ol ýerde adv (in or at that place)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎘𐎎 adv (in or at that place)
Ukrainian
2 entries- там adv (in or at that place)
- туди́ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- tam adv (in or at that place)
Urdu
2 entries- ادھر adv (in or at that place)
- وہاں adv (in or at that place)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئۇ يە adv (in or at that place)
- ئۇياق adv (in or at that place)
Uzbek
1 entries- u yerda adv (in or at that place)
Venetan
1 entries- ghe adv (to or into that place; thither)
Vietnamese
3 entries- đó adv (in or at that place)
- đằng kia adv (in or at that place)
- đằng kia adv (to or into that place; thither)
Volapük
1 entries- us adv (in or at that place)
Votic
1 entries- siäl adv (in or at that place)
Welsh
1 entries- yna adv (in or at that place)
West-Frisian
1 entries- dêr adv (in or at that place)
Western Apache
1 entries- nlú adv (in or at that place)
Winnebago
1 entries- eeja adv (in or at that place)
Yiddish
1 entries- דאָרט adv (in or at that place)
Yoruba
4 entries- ní ibẹ̀ adv (in or at that place)
- níbẹ̀ adv (in or at that place)
- sí ibẹ̀ adv (to or into that place; thither)
- síbẹ̀ adv (to or into that place; thither)
Zazaki
2 entries- tiya adv (in or at that place)
- uca (diq) adv (in or at that place)
Zealandic
2 entries- d'r'ene adv (to or into that place; thither)
- daer'ene adv (to or into that place; thither)
Sample sentences
65 total sentences available.
There's a problem there that you don't see.
Source: tatoeba (1390)
I hate it when there are a lot of people.
Source: tatoeba (1394)
There are many words that I don't understand.
Source: tatoeba (1414)
Showing 4 of 65 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "there"?
Closest matches include away there, over there, yonder, all over, all round.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "there"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.