MORE OR LESS Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

more or less

adverb

Definition of more or less

as in almost

very close to but not completely the lot is 16 acres more or less

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as in pretty

to some degree or extent most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage

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as in approximately

close to but not exactly the box weighs 60 pounds more or less

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Recent Examples of more or less While this show is not a retrospective, Kruger is more or less at its center. — Amy Verner, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 And, unlike New York, there’s very little in the way of height competition, so the vistas are more or less unobstructed. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Some sources may have more or less information than others, depending on how each source was published or created and what is known about it. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2026 The same products, more or less, from two far more powerful companies. — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for more or less

Recent Examples of Synonyms for more or less

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Dominguez has been funded almost entirely by the teachers union.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Recorded live in a Norwegian church with the British organist Kit Downes, the album consists almost entirely of pipe organ and Sundfør’s steadfast, saintly voice.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of almost

Adverb

That lead seemed pretty secure, considering Rasmussen entered the World Series having allowed three runs in 21 playoff innings against the Yankees and Cleveland Guardians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The odds are pretty good there’s going to be a bowl of blueberries near you.

— Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of pretty

Adverb

The chart shared by NASA showed Orion docking with the Blue Moon lander in an elliptical lunar orbit, approximately 8,500 km above the Moon’s surface.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Even as the sense of a hazy disturbance in the force lingers, Burkholder’s approximately three-minute statement at least demystified some of the curious situation.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of approximately

Adverb

Yet the 103-win Milwaukee Brewers and 98-win Tampa Bay Rays were the best teams in their respective leagues practically all season.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, were practically inseparable in their final years.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of practically

Adverb

Brian Schottenheimer wasn’t quite defeated at his press conference last Monday after the 23-13 loss to Green Bay, but the head coach realized how low the morale was around the building.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
The savory vol-au-vent with pear and onion jam, tart tamarind and pecorino cheese is ambitious, but the pastry itself was a bit heavy, the layers not quite flaky enough for the abundant stuffing.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of quite

Adverb

Baltzor and her husband Keith, had just finished riding a bunch of about 150 hundred head of their cattle down Highway 205 on horseback from another pasture.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Thanks to a demolition crew’s early Saturday morning implosion, an 18-story office tower that has hung over Clairmont Road in Chamblee for about five decades has been reduced to rubble.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of about

Adverb

As the world’s largest communications satellite network, Starlink can typically support high-speed Internet and data streams for any user or vehicle equipped with a relatively compact Starlink terminal.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
To find out which explanation fits, Boschini and his colleagues used a laser to temporarily disrupt superconductivity in a copper-oxide crystal while the material remained relatively cold.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

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