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Definitions

for the most part

ADVERB

altogether

Synonyms

STRONGEST

en masse generally

STRONG

all

WEAK

all in all all things considered all told bodily by and large collectively conjointly everything considered everything included in all in sum in toto on the whole taken together

Antonyms

WEAK

incompletely partly

ADVERB

generally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

mostly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chiefly essentially frequently largely often particularly predominantly principally regularly usually

WEAK

above all almost entirely as a rule customarily in many instances many times most often on the whole overall primarily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently rarely seldom

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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Natural gas keeps the lights on for the most part, generating 40% of U.S. electricity last year, with a stable market share expected through 2027.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“There’s a few that come into town, but for the most part they don’t,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

He thinks the pre-taped sketches have been funnier than the live ones for the most part but says Weekend Update has been consistently strong.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Then again, the broad stock market has been performing well, for the most part, over the past decade, and this year’s action has run counter to that warning.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Some way down they found a few gnarled and stunted trees, the first they had seen for days: twisted birch for the most part, with here and there a fir-tree.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

for the most part

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