Synonyms for approximately
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1. approximatelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   near, almost, roughly, around, loosely, nearly, about

   Antonyms:
   definitely, precisely, accurately, exactly

2. approximatelyadverb

   Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

   Synonyms:
   almost, about, around, loosely, roughly, near, nearly

   Antonyms:
   precisely, accurately, exactly, definitely

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, around, close to, round

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1. about

   used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact; roughly.

   a journey of approximately two hours.

   Submitted by JP03 on April 29, 2015  

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1. approximatelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   near, nearly, about, not far from

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1. List of paraphrases for "approximately":

   about, roughly, around, nearly, some, almost, environ, approx, ~, approximate, near, estimated, close, approximatly

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1. Diego Recalde:

   In Guatemala, 170,000 families, approximately 900,000 people, have no food reserves left. This is the third consecutive year they have been hit by drought, this is a slow emergency that's not visible but we can already notice chronic child malnutrition is increasing.

2. Jeffrey Lewis:

   The new area is approximately 1,000 square meters, enough space to house 1,000 additional centrifuges. The addition of 1,000 new centrifuges would increase the plant's capacity to produce highly enriched uranium by 25 percent.

3. Randy Sutton:

   People now are more willing to engage the police in combat, last year approximately 50,000 law enforcement officers were assaulted, that ran the gamut from pushing them to shooting them and causing disabling injuries.

4. Coast Guard officials:

   Search crews from the Sheriffs Office are still combing the area and will continue searching depending on conditions, the river in this area is approximately 50 degrees and due to heavy rainfall and runoff in our region, the river is flowing very fast.

5. Michael McIntyre:

   I have over 50 for this Saturday class and approximately the same amount for the Sunday class, and I normally have approximately seven, we actually had two people buy guns here who were actually in the Walmart on the day of the shooting. The other people are just saying, 'Hey, you know I want to be able to protect myself in the event of something going on.'.