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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This man took his Social Security checks at 64 because it accounted for only 20% of his monthly income, and he estimated his longevity at 86 or thereabouts, his approximate breakeven age if he’d waited.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 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

Since the 2014 general election its share of the vote has been stuck at 20% or thereabouts.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

We went towards Camberwell Green, and when we were thereabouts, Wemmick said suddenly,—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

thereabouts

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