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adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of quite

1 to a full extent or degree
  • Are you quite sure you have permission to go?
Synonyms of quite

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
Words Related to quite

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly

basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially

abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly
Phrases Synonymous with quite

all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
Near Antonyms of quite

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially

approximately, roughly, somewhat
Antonyms of quite

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly
2 to some degree or extent
  • We camped quite near Mount Rushmore.
Synonyms of quite

enough, fairly, kind of, like, moderately, more or less, pretty, rather, relatively, something, somewhat, sort of
Words Related to quite

acceptably, decently, passably, tolerably

little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, vaguely

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly, partway
Phrases Synonymous with quite

a bit, after a sort, a little, a mite, a tad, a touch, of sorts (or of a sort), to a degree
Near Antonyms of quite

awfully, beastly, deadly, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), exceptionally, extremely, frightfully, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, mightily, mortally, particularly, surpassingly, terribly, very

considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially

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