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Antonyms for quite
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  1. quite

    Antonyms:
    partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly

    Synonyms:
    perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 4 votes

  1. quite, ratheradverb

    to a degree (not used with a negative)

    "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

    Synonyms:
    sooner, kinda, instead, quite an, sort of, preferably, kind of, quite a, rather

  2. quiteadverb

    to the greatest extent; completely

    "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  3. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

    of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

    "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  4. quiteadverb

    actually or truly or to an extreme

    "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

How to use quite in a sentence?

  1. Lewis Hamilton:

    It's quite similar to back in the karting days, At that age it was as intense as I had experienced. I wanted to win back then and nothing's changed.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Thousand points of light, what does that mean ? I know one thing. ' Make America Great Again' we understand. Putting America first we understand. Thousand points of light, I never quite got that one. What the hell is that ? Has anyone ever figured that one out ? It was put out by a Republican, wasn't it ?

  3. Brett Kavanaugh:

    That was a group that was being forced to provide certain kind of health coverage over their religious objection to their employees, and under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the question was first, was this a substantial burden on the religious exercise ? And Religious Freedom Restoration Act seemed to me quite clearly Religious Freedom Restoration Act was.

  4. Dorothea Brande:

    The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now another, in the ascendant.

  5. Thomas Husson:

    The marketing rhetoric around the Neons is quite extreme at a time when AI generates lots of confusion and anxiety [ with topics such as ] humans replacing machines, AI ethics issues and deep fakes, but if they're able to successfully express emotions, they would help enhance interactions between consumers and brands, and more broadly humanize technology.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1391quite
#6787hardly
#7839partially
#8208barely
#53249insufficiently
#72699imperfectly

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