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quite

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Synonyms & Antonyms of quite

1 to a full extent or degree

are you quite sure you have permission to go?

Synonyms for quite

all,
all of,
all over,
altogether,
clean,
completely,
dead,
enough,
entire,
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 for quite

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

approximately,
roughly,
somewhat

Antonyms for quite

half,
halfway,
incompletely,
part,
partially,
partly

2 to some degree or extent

we camped quite near Mount Rushmore

Synonyms for quite

enough,
fairly,
kind of,
kindly
[chiefly Southern],
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 for 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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