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ADJECTIVE

eligible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable likely qualified suitable

WEAK

appropriate becoming capable of desirable discretionary elective employable equal to fitted in line for in the running licensed preferable privileged proper satisfactory seemly suited trained usable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unacceptable

WEAK

improper inappropriate ineligible unfit unsuitable unsuited unworthy

ADVERB

meanwhile

Synonyms

STRONG

meantime till

WEAK

ad interim concurrently during the interval for now for the duration for the moment for the time being for then in the interim in the interval in the intervening time in the meantime simultaneously until when

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as down to to this extent

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

extending to stopping at till

PREPOSITION

until

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as before before the coming continuously down to in advance of in expectation prior to till to up till

PREPOSITION

unto

Synonyms

WEAK

against beside next to till toward until

Example Sentences

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Apple’s new and improved Siri didn’t live up to expectations, at least as far as its investors were concerned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

If Stokes and Atkinson were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, it will be up to the ECB to decide how big a crime that is.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Be mindful that, for young people with small budgets, rewards add up to very little.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Developers may build housing up to nine stories tall for buildings adjacent to certain transit stops, seven stories for buildings within a quarter-mile and six stories for buildings within a half-mile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

At the close of one of these talks, a slender, aristocratic lady came up to me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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