Synonyms for almost
ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊstal·most

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1. almostadverb

   Very close

   In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.

   Synonyms:
   nigh

2. almostadverb

   Not quite

   Synonyms:
   nearly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb

   (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

   "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, virtually, closely, or so, intimately, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, close, near, approximately, around, to the highest degree, close to

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. almostadjective

   Synonyms:
   nearly, toward, towards, well-nigh, all but, for the most part, not quite, within a little

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "almost":

   nearly, virtually, practically, near, close, approximately, fast, hardly, closely, roughly, about, around, casi, pretty, barely, scarcely, nigh, près

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1. Leonardo Alonso:

   The ICUs, the hospitals are all on a near what we call mass casualty incident. They’re almost at protocols where they’re overflowing.

2. Donald Trump:

   The Fed should lower rates( there is almost no inflation) and loosen, making us competitive with other nations, and manufacturing will SOAR ! Dollar is very relative to others.

3. Adam Scott:

   The dad's role is really blurring with the mom's role, you see hipster dads and it's almost like it's a masculine thing to do to take on what used to be thought of as motherly duties.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   Before he pulls the plug on the legislative option, and I think we are almost there, I would urge them to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug (to) see if we can get a deal.

5. Kate Andersen Brower:

   Part of that is because of who she is, and the experiences she's had as second lady and the wife of a senator for almost four decades, and part of that is because she comes into the White House during a time of crisis the likes of which we haven't faced since FDR and Lincoln.