ALL BUT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

all but

adverb

Definition of all but

as in almost

very close to but not completely dinner is all but on the table, so don't go anywhere

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West Charlotte voters chose a new representative on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners for the first time in almost two decades Tuesday.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Dominguez ran a campaign almost entirely funded by the union and echoed its unequivocal red line against shuttering schools.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of almost

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The backstory The Dusit brand is practically synonymous with luxury hospitality in Thailand, having first opened its doors in Bangkok back in 1970.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
But the outcome shows that Johnson County’s voters practically single-handedly ended the Republican supermajority.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of practically

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The large agencies supporting the project include the Metropolitan Water District, which delivers water for nearly 19 million people across Southern California.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
The High-Speed-Rail Authority was paying four major consulting firms nearly a quarter-billion dollars over two years.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of nearly

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Baltzor and her husband Keith, had just finished riding a bunch of about 150 hundred head of their cattle down Highway 205 on horseback from another pasture.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Thanks to a demolition crew’s early Saturday morning implosion, an 18-story office tower that has hung over Clairmont Road in Chamblee for about five decades has been reduced to rubble.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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