Synonyms for Maybe
ˈmeɪ bimaybe

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1. maybenoun

   Synonyms:
   perhaps

2. maybenoun

   Something that is possibly true.

   Then add those may-be years thou hast to live ― Dryden.

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, could be, mayhaps, possibly, possible, might be

3. maybenoun

   (as a pro-sentence) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)

   The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, possibly, peradventure, mayhaps

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1. maybe

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, possibly, mayhap, perchance

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1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventureadverb

   by chance

   "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

   Synonyms:
   mayhap, perhaps, maybe, perchance, peradventure, possibly, by chance

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1. maybeadjective

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, it may be, as luck may have it

2. maybeadjective

   Synonyms:
   [New england.] Trailing arbutus (epigæa repens)

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1. maybeadverb

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, possibly, peradventure, haply

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1. List of paraphrases for "maybe":

   perhaps, possibly, may, might, probably, -maybe, -perhaps, peut-être

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1. Debra Aho Williamson:

   Instagram Stories are in themselves already more intimate. You can share things that are maybe a bit less polished, less perfect, [ and ] daily moments from your life, from there is the ability to narrow the audience. I think that's valuable.

2. John Leddy:

   I have noticed that more in the last couple of years, maybe the last two to three years, maybe it took a little bit of time to make its way to Buffalo.

3. Dan Bishop:

   Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act.

4. Kent Smetters:

   The Inflation Reduction Act saves maybe $ 300 billion dollars in the first 10 years. If we cancel $ 10,000 of debt and just extend the pause a few months, we're going to be at about that much in terms of new cost, all the deficit reduction will be wiped out. At the same time, we're probably going to do more to increase inflation from debt cancellation than any inflation reduction from The Inflation Reduction Act.

5. Tom Vilsack:

   Maybe a biscuit can be instituted for a little variety, or grits can be provided where that may make sense from a geographic standpoint. You are sensitive to cultural demands and needs.