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very

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of very

1 being one and not another

  • we stayed in the very hotel my parents stayed in for their honeymoon
Synonyms of very

identical, same, selfsame
Near Antonyms of very

differentiable, discriminable, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, unalike, unlike, varied, various
Antonyms of very

another, different, other

2 being this and no more

  • the very thought of having to go through that again is scary
Synonyms of very

bare, mere
Words Related to very

absolute, all-out, arrant, out-and-out, outright, pure, sheer, simple, stark, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated, unqualified, utter

alone, lone, only, singular, sole, solitary, solo, unique

3 existing in fact and not merely as a possibility

  • tourism is the very lifeblood of this community—the town would surely die without it
Synonyms of very

actual, concrete, de facto, effective, existent, factual, genuine, real, sure-enough, true
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attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, valid, validated, verified

incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable

believable, convincing, literal, realistic, unmistakable, verifiable

authentic, bona fide, real-life, real-world

absolute, certain, final, hard, objective, palpable, positive, substantial, tangible

authoritative, certifiable, certified
Near Antonyms of very

alleged, assumed, reputed, supposed

conceived, envisaged, envisioned, imagined, pictured, visualized

chimerical (also chimeric), fabled, fanciful, fictional, fictitious, illusory, legendary

fabricated, fake, imaginary, invented, made-up, make-believe, pretend, romantic

abstract, symbolic, unreal

virtual
Antonyms of very

conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, inexistent, nonexistent, platonic, possible, potential, suppositional, theoretical (also theoretic)

4 having no exceptions or restrictions

  • the very nerve of that woman—telling me how to raise my own children
Synonyms of very

absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter
Words Related to very

authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable

constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting

extreme, unrestricted

confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate

extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific
Near Antonyms of very

doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain

Synonym Discussion of very

same, selfsame, very, identical, equivalent, equal mean not different or not differing from one another. same may imply and selfsame always implies that the things under consideration are one thing and not two or more things.
    • took the same route
    • derived from the selfsame source
very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind.
    • the very point I was trying to make
identical may imply selfsameness or suggest absolute agreement in all details.
    • identical results
equivalent implies amounting to the same thing in worth or significance.
    • two houses equivalent in market value
equal implies being identical in value, magnitude, or some specified quality.
    • equal shares in the business

very

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of very

1 to a great degree

  • that was a very brave thing to do
Synonyms of very

achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
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absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly

deeply, profoundly

exceptionally, notably, remarkably

considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially

appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly

abundantly, plentifully

astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally

excessively, obscenely, overmuch

amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringly
Phrases Synonymous with very

a lot, as all get-out, good and
Near Antonyms of very

meagerly, scantily

barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely
Antonyms of very

little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat

2 in actual fact

  • the very same thing happened to me
Synonyms of very

actually, authentically, certifiably, genuinely, really, truly, veritably
Words Related to very

accurately, exactly, just, precisely, right, sharp, smack-dab, squarely

almost, nearly, practically, virtually

literally, positively, simply
Phrases Synonymous with very

in actuality, in reality, in truth
Near Antonyms of very

apparently, ostensibly, outwardly, plausibly, seemingly
Antonyms of very

professedly, supposedly

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