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 The result should be more or less rectangular pieces of grapefruit rind, each between 2 and 3 inches long. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 The Boston native later became a small-screen superstar, winning an Emmy for The Practice and two more for its spinoff, Boston Legal, before The Blacklist more or less became his full-time job. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026 Currently the Swingers menus are more or less identical across both locations, though Wilson expects to introduce unique daily specials at each. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The data does not show that using the vaccine approach is more or less effective than receiving immunotherapy before surgery. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences 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

Preliminary estimates place the new submarine’s submerged displacement at approximately 10,100 tons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
About 85% of the departures were resignations or retirements, the Post found, while approximately 32,000 full-time workers were directly fired.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of approximately

Adverb

Existing approaches have typically relied on relatively bulky energy-harvesting devices sutured onto organs, which have struggled to generate practically useful amounts of power.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Allure Best of Beauty winner—feels practically weightless on skin, absorbing quickly without clogging pores or leaving behind a greasy residue.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 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 families’ interest in charter schools continues to grow, however — charters enrolled over 400,000 students in 2026, up nearly 50,000 students since 2022 — supply and quality must keep up with demand.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
After fouling out for the first time in nearly a year a few days ago, Antetokounmpo again ran into foul trouble early in Wednesday’s game.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of nearly

Adverb

If this sort of shotgun approach to local targeting is a relatively unfamiliar phenomenon in political circles, football fans have long grown used to seeing ads for things that are essentially irrelevant to their own interests.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
These in turn parse into approximately 190,512 possible combinations of speech and action, so that individual museumgoers can have relatively unique encounters with the artist-as-revenant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

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