too

adverb

ˈtü How to pronounce too (audio)
Definition of toonext
1
as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit ticket prices for the rock concert are simply too high

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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said I want to buy this sweater—and that sweater too!

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3
as in extremely
to a great degree the audience didn't seem too interested in what the speaker had to say

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Recent Examples of too And too many sports journalists have decided that certain stories are better left untold. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 And heavy traffic around the bayfront arena will return, too. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 The range of platforms available to brands is expanding, too. — Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Rebuilds and renovations remove seats too. — Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for too
Recent Examples of Synonyms for too
  1. overly
  2. then
  3. extremely
  4. either
  5. very
  6. also
  7. terribly
  8. besides
Adverb
  • Noah Siviglia, an engineer coordinating the work, asked employees to help identify project costs and completion dates, noting that the information did not need to be overly precise because of the tight deadline.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Although much of his lineup leaned heavy-handed or overly undone, the most notable bias looks were the ones designed for ease, modernity and lightness.
    — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of overly
Adverb
  • Machado then headed to Caracas with stops along the way as thousands of people joined the caravan or awaited it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Until then, here are some photos from Sunday evening’s game in the Pacific Northwest.
    — Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of then
Adverb
  • Today, however, plague is curable and extremely unlikely to blow up into a new pandemic, experts say.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Nowhere was his balancing act viewed more extremely than with Ukraine.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • If the solution isn’t to migrate 70% of the web to a new programming language, then fixing its underlying problems – and all the other software problems in the world – would hardly be an easy fix, either.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Blitzes also haven’t bothered USC’s passing attack much, either.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of either
Adverb
  • And Winnie-the-Pooh continues to sit, in a thoughtful sort of way, which is what very old bears in very nice glass cases mostly do.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Dolphins’ attendance has dropped significantly so far this season, albeit in a very limited sample size.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Uganda also said all 60 contacts of Kenya's first patient, including border personnel, hotel staff and transport operators, completed 21 days of monitoring without symptoms and were released from follow-up.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro's campaign had also requested an extension, citing heavy rains that shut polling stations in the south, a right-wing stronghold.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of also
Adverb
  • That’s not terribly surprising given the two teams have clashed multiple times over the past 25 years of Xbox.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Conservation can go terribly wrong if local communities aren’t consulted during planning.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • And besides, Ternus argues, even if other companies succeed in their mission of building super-intelligence, users will still want to talk to it on Apple devices.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • People don't want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
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“Too.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/too. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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