too

too

adverb \ˈtü\

Definition of TOO

1

: besides, also <sell the house and furniture too>

2

a : to an excessive degree : excessively <too large a house for us>

b : to such a degree as to be regrettable <this time he has gone too far>

c : very <didn't seem too interested>

3

: so 2d <“I didn't do it.” “You did too.”>

Examples of TOO

1. We are selling the house and the furniture too.
2. He saw something, and she saw it too.
3. I want to go too!
4. The soup is too hot.
5. The offer was too good to refuse.
6. This shirt is way too big for me.
7. She is much too young to be watching this movie.
8. You gave me too many cards.
9. I have too much to do.
10. He works much too hard.
11. Too, Uncle Jake's hair was still a hard, young, brown color whereas Father's was full of pleasant gray streaks. —Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories, 1985
12. The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. —Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, 1884
13. “My dear Jane!” exclaimed Elizabeth, “you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813

Origin of TOO

Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to TOO

Synonyms

devilishly, excessively, exorbitantly, inordinately, intolerably, monstrously, overly, overmuch, unacceptably, unduly, to a fault, to death, with a vengeance

Antonyms

deficiently, inadequately, insufficiently

Related Words

extravagantly, immoderately, intemperately; extortionately, inexcusably, obscenely, unbearably, unconscionably, unreasonably; improperly, inappropriately; abnormally, extraordinarily, freakishly, singularly, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unusually; astronomically, considerably, deadly, eminently, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), exceptionally, extensively, extra, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, incredibly, mightily, remarkably, significantly, substantially, super, terribly, very, whacking

Near Antonyms

acceptably, moderately, modestly, reasonably, temperately; barely, hardly, just, marginally, meagerly, minimally, scantily, scarcely, slightly

Rhymes with TOO

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo