Synonyms of basically

basically

adverb

ˈbā-si-k(ə-)lē 

as in mostly

for the most part

your answer is basically correct

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mostly
• mainly
• primarily
• largely
• chiefly
• predominantly
• generally
• principally
• usually
• normally
• substantially
• typically
• in general
• partly
• commonly
• practically
• most
• partially
• on the whole
• virtually
• altogether
• nearly
• by and large
• overall
• broadly
• roughly
• frequently
• approximately
• somewhat
• ordinarily
• rather
• more or less
• some
• much
• about
• next to
• well-nigh
• plus or minus
• nigh
• near
• incompletely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• completely
• entirely
• totally
• fully
• perfectly
• just
• wholly
• thoroughly
• barely
• hardly
• scarcely
• absolutely
• minimally
• marginally
• categorically
• unqualifiedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of basically

Its latest offering, released earlier this week, is basically an agentic app that can run in your browser, on your phone, and in a Telegram chat – no special hardware required. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

The stock basically went nowhere from 2016 through 2023, closing 2016 at $39 and 2023 at $52, with a 51% drawdown in 2022 sandwiched in between. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Vahl paints a stark portrait of the town and its few inhabitants — basically three men left in charge of a few dozen others — in succinct brushstrokes that combine the remote pastoral locations with flashes of gore and violence. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

And in the interior of a cell, decoherence should be basically instantaneous — quantumness shouldn’t survive long enough in such an environment to have any bearing on biology. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026