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Antonyms for quite
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  1. quite

    Antonyms:
    partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly

    Synonyms:
    perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 4 votes

  1. quite, ratheradverb

    to a degree (not used with a negative)

    "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

    Synonyms:
    sooner, kinda, instead, quite an, sort of, preferably, kind of, quite a, rather

  2. quiteadverb

    to the greatest extent; completely

    "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  3. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

    of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

    "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  4. quiteadverb

    actually or truly or to an extreme

    "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

How to use quite in a sentence?

  1. Thomas Husson:

    The marketing rhetoric around the Neons is quite extreme at a time when AI generates lots of confusion and anxiety [ with topics such as ] humans replacing machines, AI ethics issues and deep fakes, but if they're able to successfully express emotions, they would help enhance interactions between consumers and brands, and more broadly humanize technology.

  2. John McCain:

    I don't know how much longer I'll be here. … I hate to leave it. But I don't have a complaint. Not one. It's been quite a ride, i made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times. John McCain remains hopeful.

  3. Alba Pasini:

    This case study is really important, since it testifies that a medical approach to maternal morbidity actually existed during the Lombard period, despite the rejection of the scientific progress which denoted all the Early Middle Age, also, it shows two rare findings, since post-mortem fetal extrusion is a quite rare phenomenon( especially in archaeological specimens), while only a few examples of trepanation are known for the European Early Middle Age.

  4. James Comey:

    I actually was quite surprised because I thought, I’m leading the Russia investigation, even though our relationship is becoming strained, there’s no way I’d be fired. That would be a crazy thing to do.

  5. The Warriors:

    It was quite a show, both guys had it going.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1391quite
#6787hardly
#7839partially
#8208barely
#53249insufficiently
#72699imperfectly

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