Synonyms of roughly

roughly

adverb

ˈrə-flē 

1

as in approximately

close to but not exactly

roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approximately
• about
• around
• say
• nearly
• some
• much
• somewhere around
• somewhere about
• plus or minus
• near
• like
• after a fashion
• more or less
• generally
• loosely
• practically
• virtually
• nominally
• well-nigh
• kind of

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• precisely
• exactly
• even
• just
• sharp
• squarely
• due
• smack-dab

2

as in severely

in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering

if you treat the machine roughly, it will of course break

Synonyms & Similar Words

• severely
• harshly
• oppressively
• hard
• brutally
• hardly
• ill
• sternly
• stiffly
• strongly
• aggressively
• mercilessly
• firmly
• abusively
• ruthlessly
• grimly
• pitilessly
• uncharitably
• unmercifully
• unsparingly
• heartlessly
• savagely
• viciously
• inhumanly
• tyrannically
• inhumanely
• callously
• insensitively
• unfeelingly
• obdurately
• toughly
• decidedly
• insensately
• cold-bloodedly
• brutishly
• resolutely
• determinedly
• hard-heartedly
• assertively
• gruffly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lightly
• gently
• mildly
• softly
• leniently
• tenderly
• kindly
• lovingly
• graciously
• cordially
• benevolently
• considerately
• clemently
• charitably
• sympathetically
• mercifully
• humanely
• understandingly
• benignantly
• compassionately
• tolerantly
• softheartedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roughly

In our own solar system, giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn are thought to have begun rapidly accumulating their massive gaseous envelopes once their growing cores reached roughly 20 times Earth's mass. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026

The four buildings will be roughly 40 floors tall and house more than 3,000 units. — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Last month, the state of Texas strongly pushed back against the feds when contractors cleared roughly a mile of state land in the western part of the Big Bend region. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

The parties identified roughly 400,000 TEUs of import and export cargo between January 2024 and March 2025 that fit the bill. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026