What is another word for mostly?
Synonyms for mostly
ˈmoʊst limost·ly
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word mostly.
Wiktionary
mostlyadverb
Synonyms:
by and large, more often than notmostlyadverb
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
Synonyms:
more often than not, by and largemostlyadverb
To the greatest extent; most.
Synonyms:
by and large, more often than not
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
mostly
Synonyms:
mainly, chiefly, in great measure, for the most part, for the greatest part
Princeton's WordNet
largely, mostly, for the most partadverb
in large part; mainly or chiefly
"These accounts are largely inactive"
Synonyms:
by and large, for the most part, more often than not, generally, largelyby and large, generally, more often than not, mostlyadverb
usually; as a rule
"by and large it doesn't rain much here"
Synonyms:
loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, in the main, broadly, for the most part, largely
Dictionary of English Synonymes
mostlyadjective
Synonyms:
mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "mostly":
mainly, primarily, largely, predominantly, essentially, principally, especially, chiefly, particularly, most, often, generally, basically, usually
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#127 | most | |
#847 | usually | |
#866 | often | |
#1379 | especially | |
#1940 | particularly | |
#2006 | generally | |
#2913 | mostly | |
#3985 | primarily | |
#4284 | mainly | |
#5271 | basically | |
#5537 | largely | |
#6424 | essentially | |
#13980 | broadly | |
#15023 | predominantly | |
#18393 | principally | |
#18971 | loosely | |
#22734 | chiefly |
How to use mostly in a sentence?
She was praying the whole time for her safety. She was mostly concerned about breaking her arms and legs.
Granted everyone would like to see signs one way or the other, but I think that this is mostly the chairman putting up a Washington poker face, Chairman Wheeler has learned that on net neutrality he has to tow a very careful line and all of his statements are very carefully neutral.
Mostly people honk or give a thumbs up, our fear is that we don't want people to get in the way. We aren't trying to make it a celebrity status, because Plowy McPlowface has a job to do, and we want to make sure they can get the job done.
We think that women understand their rights are under fire and that there is a dire need to ensure that the right policymakers are making the decisions, what we've seen is a bunch of mostly male Republicans making really bad decisions on behalf of the women in this country.
We’re taking it all around the city, mostly to people that we think don’t come here, whether they’re not interested in classical music, because they haven’t had a chance to check it out, or they don’t have the financial means or transportation to get downtown, the idea is just bringing the concert hall to LA.
Translations for mostly
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- найболейBelarusian
- обикновено, главно, в повечето случаи, в по-голямата си частBulgarian
- většinou, vesměs, převážněCzech
- meistensGerman
- plimulteEsperanto
- principalmenteSpanish
- enimmäkseen, lähinnäFinnish
- mestFaroese
- surtoutFrench
- अधिकतरHindi
- հիմնականումArmenian
- per lo più, soprattuttoItalian
- overwegend, meestalDutch
- główniePolish
- principalmente, normalmente, sobretudoPortuguese
- mai cu seamă, în special, mai alesRomanian
- чаще всего, в основном, по большей части, главным образомRussian
- углавном, uglavnom, превасходно, prevashodnoSerbo-Croatian
- predovšetkýmSlovak
- predvsém, v glávnemSlovene
- здебільшого, переважно, головним чином, звичайноUkrainian
- mödadiloVolapük
Get even more translations for mostly »
Translation
Find a translation for the mostly synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"mostly." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/mostly>.
Discuss these mostly synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In