Synonyms for ALMOST
ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊstal·most

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1. almostadverb

   Very close

   In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.

   Synonyms:
   nigh

2. almostadverb

   Not quite

   Synonyms:
   nearly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb

   (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

   "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, virtually, closely, or so, intimately, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, close, near, approximately, around, to the highest degree, close to

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. almostadjective

   Synonyms:
   nearly, toward, towards, well-nigh, all but, for the most part, not quite, within a little

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "almost":

   nearly, virtually, practically, near, close, approximately, fast, hardly, closely, roughly, about, around, casi, pretty, barely, scarcely, nigh, près

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1. Meghan McCain:

   Meghan McCain was Meghan McCain kryptonite in life, Meghan McCain was Meghan McCain kryptonite in death. On a personal level, I agree with you, all of us have love and families, and when Meghan McCain was alive, up until adulthood, we would spend our time together cooking, hiking, fishing, really celebrating life, and I think it's because Meghan McCain almost died, and I just thought,' your life is spent on the weekend not with your family, not with your friends, but you're obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to.' That tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now.

2. Helen Williams:

   Our results provide tantalizing evidence for the presence of deep magma ocean crystals formed from a time when the Earth was almost entirely molten.

3. Brad Pitt:

   A couple of things: I dont know if I would describe the tests as beautiful unless your idea of beauty is having a cotton swab tickle your brain, also, when he said Everyone can get a test, what he meant was: almost no one.

4. Gus Papathanasiou:

   The officers are angry, and I don't blame them, the entire executive team failed Capitol Police officers, and they must be held accountable. Their inaction cost one officer his life and Capitol Police officers have almost 140 responding officers injured. They have a lot to atone for.

5. Zhang Baozhong:

   The port cranes are almost ready, and we are thinking that the port will be (at) full operation by the end of this year.