Definitions

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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If it’s 2.5% or thereabouts, it’s far less than the 7% annual historical return on the S&P 500 after adjusting for inflation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 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

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

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

In the polls, they are each at about 15% or thereabouts, while other parties are hovering a little above the 5% cut-off, below which they will return no MEPs at all.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

“Until one-thirty. My wife woke me up at one-thirty or thereabouts with the news about Carl’s death.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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