Synonyms of somewhere around

somewhere around

phrase

as in about

close to but not exactly

She quit smoking somewhere around her 25th birthday.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of somewhere around

Haddock said his research team found that firefighters have among the highest rates of alcohol use of any profession, with somewhere around half of firefighters reporting a binge episode in the past month. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Cole ranked Money in the Bank somewhere around the level of two other major premium live events. — Bobby Burack , Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

The Whitney reaches its apex somewhere around the Rouen Cathedral works and never quite again reaches the heights of that series. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Polone was first announced as the movie’s director in trade articles somewhere around 2010, and the script had been circulating for at least a few years before that. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

The term appeared within Christian doctrine somewhere around the seventeenth century in reference to the flood that followed the Fall. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s. — Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Once every three years, the Fed surveys somewhere around 5,000 American families about their finances. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Watching the Titans’ regular-season slate will run somewhere around $40-$125 per month for an in-market viewer and $115-$200 per month for an out-of-market fan. — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026