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, 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. Alejandro Contreras:

   Some businesses may want to take the time to decide if they want the loan or not, we've been encouraging them to take the funds if they qualify. Don't wait until after you hear back from your insurance company that maybe your claim is not as high as you want it to be. If you need the funds, they're available.

2. Tami Vaughn:

   I just wanted to help, even if it's just a little bit, and maybe she can pay it forward, even if it's a year from now, and to whomever she wants, just spread kindness.

3. Rachel Dolezal:

   I felt very isolated with my identity virtually my entire life, that nobody really got it and that I really didn't have the personal agency to express it, i kind of imagined that maybe at some point (I'd have to) own it publicly and discuss this kind of complexity. (But) I wasn't expecting it to be thrust upon me right now.

4. Seth Rogen:

   If you were playing baseball against a team and you're trying to get a lot of runs and the other team is trying to bludgeon you to death, is it shocking that you're not scoring as many runs as maybe you should be scoring? No. The other team is just trying to beat you with baseball bats, you know?

5. Graz Professor Thomas Schmikl:

   The openings will have to be large enough to allow the robot to get in, we expect the robot to have a size (we are still in the design phase, so these are just estimates here) of approximately 50cm [20 inches] long and a thickness of 20cm [8 inches], maybe a bit slimmer.