thereabouts

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 for the most part habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

more or less

Synonyms

WEAK

about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite on average relatively roughly very close

Example Sentences

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Was there or thereabouts all weekend but is just missing that extra piece.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The men in this book, in their 60s or thereabouts, represent different walks of life and various stages of contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

At that rate, you would break even when you reach age 79, or thereabouts; if you think you will live longer than that, it may be worth delaying.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

If pushed, they almost always say that it was during the 1950s or thereabouts.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

In the year 540 B.C. or thereabouts, on the island of Samos, there came to power a tyrant named Polycrates.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

thereabouts

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