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Synonyms for very
ˈvɛr ive·ry

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Wiktionary3.2 / 5 votes

  1. veryadverb

    True, real, actual

    You’re very tall.

    Synonyms:
    ever so

Princeton's WordNet2.1 / 15 votes

  1. very(a)adjective

    precisely as stated

    "the very center of town"

    Antonyms:
    imprecise, other

  2. identical, selfsame(a), very(a)adverb

    being the exact same one; not any other:

    "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

    Antonyms:
    other, imprecise

  3. very, really, real, rattlingadverb

    used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

    "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"

    Synonyms:
    in truth, truly, genuinely, real, really, actually, rattling

    Antonyms:
    imprecise, other

  4. veryadverb

    precisely so

    "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"

    Synonyms:
    really, rattling, real

    Antonyms:
    other, imprecise

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. extremely

    to a very great degree.

    this is an extremely difficult thing to do.

    Submitted by JP03 on September 10, 2015  
  2. totallyadverb

    it was very difficult.

    Submitted by anonymous on September 16, 2021  
  3. wicked

    in new england, massachusetts specifically boston the term “wicked” is used very very often in explaining an amount

    “have you ever seen a kevin hart skit? he’s wicked funny.” “hey, can you stop at the next rest stop? i have to pee wicked bad.”

    Submitted by Daniellebetts95 on October 22, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.5 / 2 votes

  1. veryadjective

    Synonyms:
    true, real, actual

  2. veryadjective

    Synonyms:
    same, self-same

  3. veryadjective

    Synonyms:
    highly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, remarkably, surpassingly, to a high degree

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. veryadjective

    Synonyms:
    veritable, true, real, actual, unquestionable, identical, same, selfsame

  2. veryadverb

    Synonyms:
    exceedingly, highly, greatly, extremely, excessively, surpassingly

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How to use very in a sentence?

  1. Michael McCaul:

    We’re not here as Republicans or Democrats, but really as Americans supporting our NATO Ally, Poland, and the people of Ukraine, we stand with you. We just had a video conference with President Zelenskyy, one of the most courageous individuals I’ve ever seen. Very inspiring. And the chairman’s right:Mr. Putin is a war criminal, he’s going to lose in the end, and we want to work with you and the administration to … bring him to justice and stop the bloodshed. And again, I just want to thank Poland and the people of Ukraine.We are with you, and we will do everything we can to stop this.

  2. Nick Stamenkovic:

    At the very least it appears the gap between the IMF and the Germans appears to be narrowing and that has been very well received by investors.

  3. Lindsey Graham:

    Sen. Cruz has made it very difficult to work with him here, he's going to have to deal with that. He's going to have repair some of that damage. All of us are going to need to have an open mind too.

  4. Aaron RodgersRodgers:

    I made some comments that people might have felt were misleading. And to anybody who felt misled by those comments, I take full responsibility for those comments, i understand that this issue, in general, is very charging to a lot of people because we are talking about public health. I totally respect that.

  5. Prabhat Mittal:

    It is unbelievable, it is going to be very difficult for us to devise an appropriate entrance exam.


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