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Antonyms for perhaps
pərˈhæpsper·haps

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  1. perhapsadverb

    Synonyms:
    maybe, peradventure, mayhap, perchance, belike

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. perhaps

    Antonyms:
    certainly, inevitably

    Synonyms:
    possibly, peradventure, perchance, may be

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 4 votes

  1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventureadverb

    by chance

    "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

    Synonyms:
    mayhap, maybe, perchance, peradventure, possibly, by chance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 3 votes

  1. perhapsadverb

    Synonyms:
    perchance, peradventure, possibly, haply

How to use perhaps in a sentence?

  1. Sean Tipton:

    The ambiguity of what may or may not be legal and perhaps the reality that the treatment they need will not be available -- it just makes an already bad situation worse.

  2. Ralph Northam:

    No particular business has been singled out, but businesses where the patrons would be at risk to be confined and whether it would perhaps be more than 10 people, we made the decision to close them.

  3. Lucy Skinner:

    It was possible to see abrasion along the edges of the leather scales, meaning that the armor had seen considerable use. That suggests that Tutankhamun had worn it, and that perhaps he had even seen battle.

  4. James Joyce:

    Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence.

  5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    The speaker of The House says that Senate Republicans refuses to accept this acquittal, whatever that means. Perhaps Senate Republicans will tear up the verdict like Senate Republicans tore up the State of the Union address. So I would ask my distinguished colleagues across the aisle, is this really, really where you want to go ?

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1926perhaps
#2894certainly
#15164inevitably

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