What is another word for barely?
1379 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈe͡əli], [ bˈeəli], [ b_ˈeə_l_i]
Barely is often used to express a small or minimal amount of something. There are several synonyms for barely, including scarcely, just, narrowly, hardly, only just, and almost not. Scarcely is often used interchangeably with barely, but emphasizes the lack of sufficient quantity or quality. Just and narrowly also denote a small amount or margin, but with a suggestion of precision or exactness. Hardly suggests a negative connotation and often implies difficulty or a struggle, while only just emphasizes the idea of something happening at the last minute or by a small margin. And almost not suggests that something is very close to not happening at all.
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Similar words for barely:
- a little (adverb)
- hardly (adverb)
- just (adverb)
- less (adverb)
- little (adverb)
- merely (adverb)
- nakedly (adverb)
- narrowly (adverb)
- solely (adverb)
- all (adverb)
- meagerly (adverb)
- rarely (adverb)
- merely (noun)
- imperceptibly
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Barely:
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adv.
• a little • hardly • just • less • little • merely • nakedly • narrowly • solely • all • meagerly • rarely -
n.
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- by the time .
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- all but .
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- slight .
- only .
Other synonyms:
- Ere ,
- Pre- ,
- Since ,
- almost ,
- beforehand ,
- borderline ,
- earlier ,
- exiguous ,
- faintest ,
- few ,
- first-ever ,
- first-time ,
- mere ,
- minimal ,
- minimum ,
- miserly ,
- near miss ,
- not particularly ,
- paltry ,
- pre-existing ,
- preceding ,
- preemptive ,
- previous ,
- scant ,
- sparingly ,
- sparse ,
- thinly ,
- well-nigh .
- light .
- close .
- advance .
- any ,
- before ,
- enough ,
- least ,
- limited ,
- little ,
- nearly ,
- practically ,
- preliminary ,
- prior ,
- scanty ,
- slender ,
- warm .
- ahead .
- thin .
- get on .
- low .
Other relevant words:
- 1 ,
- 1st ,
- a trifle ,
- abide ,
- abject ,
- able-bodied ,
- abrasive ,
- abridge ,
- absolute frequency ,
- abstemious ,
- abstract ,
- acclivitous ,
- ace ,
- acquire ,
- actually ,
- acute ,
- additional ,
- address ,
- adequate ,
- adulterate ,
- advanced ,
- advancement ,
- advantageously ,
- age ,
- ahead of time ,
- ailing ,
- ailment ,
- aim ,
- air ,
- airily ,
- airless ,
- alight ,
- alive ,
- all the same ,
- all told ,
- allege ,
- amaze ,
- amiss ,
- amount ,
- anterior ,
- antipathy ,
- apparently ,
- apprehension ,
- approach ,
- appropriately ,
- approximative ,
- ardent ,
- arduous ,
- aright ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- articulate ,
- artlessly ,
- as yet ,
- aside ,
- astir ,
- at a time ,
- at one time ,
- at present ,
- at the best ,
- at the most ,
- at the same time ,
- at the worst ,
- at times ,
- atomic number 102 ,
- au naturel ,
- aught ,
- aver ,
- averting ,
- backbreaking ,
- badly ,
- baffle ,
- barren ,
- basal ,
- bashfully ,
- be ,
- be on ,
- bear ,
- beat ,
- becalm ,
- become ,
- befittingly ,
- before long ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beginning ,
- belittle ,
- besotted ,
- bestride ,
- betimes ,
- betterment ,
- bewhisker ,
- bewilder ,
- beyond a doubt ,
- beyond a shadow of a doubt ,
- bingle ,
- birthday suit ,
- bit by bit ,
- bleak ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- blue-pencil ,
- board ,
- boil down ,
- boost ,
- border ,
- boss ,
- bouncy ,
- boundary line ,
- bowdlerise ,
- bowdlerize ,
- brace ,
- break ,
- break up ,
- brightness ,
- brightness level ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring forth ,
- bring forward ,
- bring out ,
- bring through ,
- broken ,
- brook ,
- brush aside ,
- brush off ,
- buckram ,
- bugger off ,
- bung ,
- buzz off ,
- by ,
- by all odds ,
- cab ,
- cabbage ,
- cadaver ,
- calculate ,
- calm ,
- calorie-free ,
- capable ,
- capture ,
- carry on ,
- carry through ,
- cash advance ,
- castrate ,
- casual ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- cautiously ,
- channelise ,
- channelize ,
- character ,
- cheeseparing ,
- chiefly ,
- chieftain ,
- chop ,
- cipher ,
- circumscribed ,
- circumstantially ,
- clay ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- climb on ,
- close down ,
- close together ,
- close up ,
- close-fitting ,
- closelipped ,
- closemouthed ,
- closing ,
- closing curtain ,
- coarse ,
- cockeyed ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- collar ,
- column inch ,
- come ,
- come about ,
- come along ,
- come close ,
- come down ,
- come forth ,
- come near ,
- come on ,
- come out ,
- come short ,
- come together ,
- come up ,
- comfortably ,
- coming ,
- commence ,
- commencement ,
- commonly ,
- compensate ,
- compilation ,
- complaint ,
- component ,
- component part ,
- concentrate ,
- concentrated ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- condense ,
- conduct ,
- confining ,
- consecutive ,
- consequence ,
- considerably ,
- constituent ,
- continent ,
- continue ,
- contract ,
- contribution ,
- convey ,
- copiously ,
- corpse ,
- correct ,
- correctly ,
- crimp ,
- crocked ,
- crushed ,
- currently ,
- cursory ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cut up ,
- cypher ,
- dead ,
- dear ,
- deathly ,
- debase ,
- decent ,
- decoct ,
- decrease ,
- decrepit ,
- deduce ,
- delete ,
- delimitation ,
- deliver ,
- demonstrably ,
- demur ,
- denudate ,
- denude ,
- deoxidise ,
- deoxidize ,
- depart ,
- departure ,
- depleted ,
- deplorable ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- derive ,
- desolate ,
- develop ,
- difficult ,
- diluted ,
- disconsolately ,
- discount ,
- dismiss ,
- dismount ,
- dispirited ,
- distaste ,
- distressing ,
- disunite ,
- divide ,
- division ,
- dogged ,
- doubtless ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- draw ,
- draw close ,
- draw near ,
- drive ,
- drudge ,
- dryly ,
- duly ,
- dumbfound ,
- duplicate ,
- dwell ,
- earliest ,
- early on ,
- easy ,
- economise ,
- economize ,
- edge ,
- edgeways ,
- effect ,
- egress ,
- elemental ,
- elementary ,
- elevate ,
- emerge ,
- emergence ,
- emergency ,
- emphatically ,
- encourage ,
- end ,
- ending ,
- endure ,
- engender ,
- engineer ,
- enjoin ,
- enounce ,
- enunciate ,
- ephemeral ,
- epitomise ,
- equitable ,
- especially ,
- estimate ,
- eve ,
- even out ,
- even so ,
- evenhandedly ,
- evening ,
- event ,
- eventide ,
- exceedingly ,
- excess ,
- exclude ,
- exclusive ,
- exhaustively ,
- exigency ,
- exist ,
- exit ,
- experience ,
- expiration ,
- express ,
- expurgate ,
- exquisitely ,
- extravagantly ,
- faint ,
- fair ,
- faithful ,
- fall ,
- fall out ,
- falter ,
- faltering ,
- farther ,
- fastidiously ,
- father ,
- fatuously ,
- feeble ,
- feeler ,
- fetch ,
- fiddling ,
- fifty-fifty ,
- filch ,
- fill up ,
- finale ,
- find ,
- fine ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- firm ,
- firmly ,
- first base ,
- first gear ,
- first of all ,
- firstly ,
- fitly ,
- fittingly ,
- fix ,
- fixed ,
- flat ,
- flawlessly ,
- flimsy ,
- flop ,
- flummox ,
- flush ,
- fold ,
- footling ,
- for certain ,
- for sure ,
- foreman ,
- foremost ,
- former ,
- forrader ,
- forth ,
- forthcoming ,
- forward ,
- forward motion ,
- forwards ,
- foster ,
- fountainhead ,
- fragile ,
- frequence ,
- frequency ,
- from time to time ,
- fuck off ,
- fuddled ,
- fugacious ,
- full ,
- full-bodied ,
- full-strength ,
- function ,
- furthermore ,
- gaffer ,
- gain ,
- gain ground ,
- gauge ,
- generate ,
- genuinely ,
- get ahead ,
- get along ,
- get along with ,
- get down ,
- get off ,
- get on with ,
- get under one's skin ,
- get-go ,
- gloomy ,
- go ,
- go along ,
- go forth ,
- go up ,
- going ,
- good ,
- goose egg ,
- government issue ,
- gravel ,
- gravely ,
- grim ,
- grow ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- guess ,
- guide ,
- hack on ,
- hack writer ,
- hacker ,
- hair ,
- hair's-breadth ,
- hairsbreadth ,
- hap ,
- hapless ,
- happen ,
- hardly ,
- hardy ,
- have ,
- head ,
- headman ,
- hearty ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heretofore ,
- heterosexual ,
- heterosexual person ,
- hew out ,
- highly ,
- hint ,
- hitherto ,
- hold open ,
- hold out ,
- hold up ,
- honcho ,
- hook ,
- hop on ,
- horn in ,
- horror ,
- horse barn ,
- hot ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- i ,
- idle ,
- ignite ,
- igniter ,
- ignitor ,
- illume ,
- illuminate ,
- illumination ,
- illumine ,
- immediate ,
- impregnable ,
- improvement ,
- in ,
- in a flash ,
- in advance ,
- in all ,
- in front ,
- in full ,
- in particular ,
- in spades ,
- in the beginning ,
- in the first place ,
- in the lead ,
- in the main ,
- in time ,
- in truth ,
- inaugural ,
- inauspicious ,
- incautiously ,
- incisively ,
- incompatibility ,
- inconsequently ,
- inconsistency ,
- incur ,
- indifferent ,
- indisposed ,
- indistinctly ,
- individual ,
- indubitable ,
- induce ,
- inexpertly ,
- infer ,
- infirm ,
- inhabit ,
- initiative ,
- initiatory ,
- inner light ,
- inordinately ,
- instantaneously ,
- instead ,
- intelligibly ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- intimately ,
- intrude ,
- inviolable ,
- issuance ,
- issuing ,
- jade ,
- jolly ,
- jot ,
- judge ,
- jump on ,
- justly ,
- keep ,
- keep down ,
- keep open ,
- kick upstairs ,
- kickoff ,
- kind of ,
- kinda ,
- knockout ,
- know ,
- laborious ,
- laconically ,
- lamentable ,
- last ,
- late ,
- latterly ,
- laxly ,
- lay aside ,
- lead ,
- leading ,
- lean ,
- leave off ,
- leave out ,
- let ,
- level ,
- lift ,
- light source ,
- light up ,
- light within ,
- light-colored ,
- light-headed ,
- lighter ,
- lightheaded ,
- lighting ,
- lightness ,
- lightsome ,
- like a shot ,
- lilliputian ,
- limpidly ,
- lineal ,
- lite ,
- literary hack ,
- live on ,
- lively ,
- load ,
- loaded ,
- lone ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- loose ,
- loss ,
- low gear ,
- low-cal ,
- low-down ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lower limit ,
- lowly ,
- luminance ,
- luminosity ,
- luminousness ,
- machine politician ,
- maiden ,
- main ,
- mainly ,
- make ,
- make headway ,
- make out ,
- make unnecessary ,
- maneuver ,
- manoeuver ,
- manoeuvre ,
- march on ,
- marginal ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master ,
- mastermind ,
- matter ,
- maturate ,
- mature ,
- meager ,
- meagre ,
- mean ,
- measly ,
- measure ,
- melt off ,
- middling ,
- mightily ,
- mighty ,
- military issue ,
- mingy ,
- minify ,
- minuscule ,
- miserable ,
- misfortunate ,
- mistily ,
- mite ,
- modest ,
- modified ,
- moment ,
- momently ,
- moo ,
- morally ,
- more than ,
- mother ,
- mount ,
- mount up ,
- move on ,
- much ,
- murkily ,
- mutual exclusiveness ,
- mystify ,
- nada ,
- nag ,
- naked ,
- naught ,
- neat ,
- neglect ,
- negligible ,
- never-say-die ,
- niggling ,
- nigh ,
- nil ,
- nip ,
- nix ,
- no more ,
- nobble ,
- nobelium ,
- nonage ,
- nonchalantly ,
- nonetheless ,
- nonplus ,
- normally ,
- not by a blame sight ,
- not by a long sight ,
- not only that ,
- noticeably ,
- now and again ,
- nozzle ,
- nude ,
- null ,
- number ,
- number 1 ,
- number one ,
- nuzzle ,
- obtain ,
- occasionally ,
- occur ,
- of late ,
- off ,
- office ,
- offset ,
- offspring ,
- oftenness ,
- old ,
- olfactory organ ,
- ominous ,
- omit ,
- on an individual basis ,
- on occasion ,
- on the button ,
- on the dot ,
- on the nose ,
- on the whole ,
- one ,
- one by one ,
- one-half ,
- only if ,
- only when ,
- onward ,
- onward motion ,
- onwards ,
- or so ,
- orchestrate ,
- order ,
- ordinarily ,
- organise ,
- organize ,
- originally ,
- other ,
- out ,
- out front ,
- outcome ,
- outlet ,
- outset ,
- outside ,
- over-the-top ,
- overtaking ,
- overture ,
- palely ,
- pallidly ,
- pantie ,
- panty ,
- parting ,
- pass ,
- pass off ,
- pass on ,
- passage ,
- passing game ,
- passing play ,
- past ,
- pathetic ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- payoff ,
- peaked ,
- peculiarly ,
- pellucidly ,
- penetratively ,
- penny-pinching ,
- percentage ,
- perch ,
- perfunctory ,
- periodically ,
- perplex ,
- persistent ,
- persona ,
- perspicuously ,
- pertinacious ,
- petty ,
- picayune ,
- piddling ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piece ,
- piffling ,
- pilfer ,
- pissed ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- plain ,
- plastered ,
- plenty ,
- plug ,
- point ,
- poke ,
- political hack ,
- poor ,
- populate ,
- portion ,
- pose ,
- powerful ,
- pre-emptive ,
- pre-existent ,
- preexistent ,
- preexisting ,
- preferably ,
- prelim ,
- prelude ,
- premature ,
- present ,
- present moment ,
- preserve ,
- pretty ,
- primary coil ,
- primary election ,
- primary feather ,
- primary quill ,
- primary winding ,
- principal ,
- principally ,
- pro rata ,
- proceed ,
- proceeds ,
- procession ,
- produce ,
- profusely ,
- progeny ,
- progress ,
- progression ,
- promiscuous ,
- promote ,
- prompt ,
- pronounce ,
- proper ,
- properly ,
- proportionally ,
- provably ,
- pry ,
- publically ,
- publication ,
- publicise ,
- publicize ,
- publish ,
- pull ahead ,
- pull through ,
- punishing ,
- purloin ,
- push ,
- push aside ,
- put out ,
- put up ,
- puzzle ,
- qualifying ,
- quash ,
- quick ,
- quickly ,
- quiet ,
- quite a ,
- quite an ,
- racy ,
- raffishly ,
- raise ,
- rakishly ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rattling ,
- raw ,
- read ,
- real ,
- rebuff ,
- receive ,
- recoup ,
- rectify ,
- redact ,
- redeem ,
- redress ,
- redundant ,
- region ,
- regular ,
- relative frequency ,
- relatively ,
- release ,
- relieve ,
- remains ,
- repress ,
- repulsion ,
- resilient ,
- restfully ,
- result ,
- retiring ,
- return ,
- revulsion ,
- rich ,
- richly ,
- rickety ,
- right field ,
- right hand ,
- right on ,
- right wing ,
- right-hand ,
- rightfield ,
- rightfulness ,
- ripe ,
- rise ,
- rising ,
- role ,
- rough ,
- round ,
- sad ,
- salvage ,
- salve ,
- sanely ,
- sapless ,
- satisfying ,
- save up ,
- scale down ,
- scent ,
- scram ,
- scrimpy ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- secretive ,
- section ,
- secure ,
- seedy ,
- self-colored ,
- self-coloured ,
- send ,
- senesce ,
- sensibly ,
- sensory hair ,
- separate ,
- separately ,
- seriously ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set ahead ,
- set forth ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- severally ,
- severe ,
- shamelessly ,
- shape up ,
- share ,
- short ,
- short-lived ,
- shortly ,
- showtime ,
- shrink ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- shyly ,
- sick ,
- sickly ,
- signally ,
- simple ,
- sinful ,
- single-handed ,
- sire ,
- skimp ,
- skimpy ,
- skinny ,
- slenderize ,
- slenderly ,
- slim ,
- slim down ,
- slimly ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- sluttish ,
- small ,
- smaller ,
- smashed ,
- snarf ,
- sneak ,
- snub ,
- snug ,
- so far ,
- soaked ,
- softly ,
- sole ,
- solid state ,
- solidness ,
- solitary ,
- solo ,
- some ,
- sooner ,
- sorry ,
- sort of ,
- sound out ,
- soundly ,
- soupcon ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- spare ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- spear carrier ,
- special ,
- speck ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- springy ,
- square ,
- squeeze ,
- squiffy ,
- stabilise ,
- stabilize ,
- stalls ,
- stalwart ,
- stand ,
- starchy ,
- stark ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- starting time ,
- state ,
- static ,
- steadfast ,
- steadily ,
- steer ,
- step by step ,
- step-in ,
- sternly ,
- stick ,
- stick out ,
- stiffly ,
- still ,
- stimulate ,
- stingy ,
- stint ,
- stomach ,
- stopping point ,
- stout ,
- straight off ,
- straight person ,
- straight-out ,
- straightforward ,
- stretch ,
- strict ,
- strictly ,
- stringent ,
- strip ,
- stripped ,
- stuffy ,
- stupefy ,
- subdue ,
- subject ,
- subjugate ,
- subside ,
- subsist ,
- substantial ,
- substantially ,
- subtract ,
- suffer ,
- sufficiency ,
- super ,
- supercharge ,
- supererogatory ,
- superficial ,
- superfluous ,
- supernumerary ,
- supply ,
- support ,
- suppose ,
- surd ,
- sure ,
- sure as shooting ,
- sure enough ,
- surely ,
- surpassingly ,
- surplus ,
- survive ,
- sustain ,
- svelte ,
- sweetheart ,
- sweetie ,
- swell ,
- swing ,
- swinging ,
- swipe ,
- swooning ,
- take ,
- take aim ,
- take away ,
- take off ,
- take out ,
- take place ,
- taking into custody ,
- takings ,
- tall ,
- target ,
- taxi ,
- taxicab ,
- tell ,
- telling ,
- tenacious ,
- tenuous ,
- theatrical role ,
- thereabout ,
- thin out ,
- throw out ,
- thus far ,
- tied ,
- tight ,
- tighten ,
- tightlipped ,
- tinge ,
- tip ,
- to a greater extent ,
- to a lesser extent ,
- to begin with ,
- to the full ,
- to the highest degree ,
- to the lowest degree ,
- toilsome ,
- tolerate ,
- too soon ,
- top ,
- top dog ,
- topic ,
- touch ,
- tough ,
- tout ensemble ,
- train ,
- transient ,
- transitory ,
- tribal chief ,
- trifling ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- tripping ,
- trivial ,
- true ,
- truelove ,
- truly ,
- tweak ,
- tweet ,
- twinge ,
- twinkle ,
- twitch ,
- typify ,
- unaccented ,
- unaccompanied ,
- unaired ,
- unambiguously ,
- unanimous ,
- unashamedly ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- unbelievable ,
- unbendable ,
- unbent ,
- unbowed ,
- unchanging ,
- unclouded ,
- unco ,
- uncoiled ,
- unconvincing ,
- under the weather ,
- understandably ,
- undivided ,
- unembellished ,
- unequaled ,
- unequalled ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfinished ,
- unfluctuating ,
- unhorse ,
- unique ,
- unity ,
- unlikely ,
- unlimited ,
- unmarried ,
- unmediated ,
- unnoticeably ,
- unornamented ,
- unparalleled ,
- unquestionably ,
- unrecorded ,
- unshakable ,
- unsheathed ,
- unsubduable ,
- unthinking ,
- unthinkingly ,
- until now ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwavering ,
- unwell ,
- up to now ,
- upcoming ,
- upgrade ,
- upright ,
- upshot ,
- upstanding ,
- usually ,
- vellicate ,
- veracious ,
- verbatim ,
- very ,
- vex ,
- vibrissa ,
- virile ,
- visible light ,
- visible radiation ,
- vivid ,
- voice ,
- voiceless ,
- wakeful ,
- wanton ,
- ward-heeler ,
- warm up ,
- warmly ,
- waver ,
- wavering ,
- way out ,
- weak ,
- weighty ,
- wellspring ,
- wet ,
- what is more ,
- whatever ,
- whatsoever ,
- whole ,
- whoop ,
- win ,
- wind ,
- withal ,
- withhold ,
- world-class ,
- wretched ,
- write ,
- write out ,
- yield ,
- zero ,
- zilch ,
- zip ,
- zippo .
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How to use "Barely" in context?
Barely Escape Alive After Being Towed in Trunk
It was barely a week ago that an Alabama woman nearly lost her life after her car was towed in the trunk. The woman, identified as 20-year-old Stacy Dooley, was pulled over for driving without a licence. After being pulled over, the police officer came to the car and saw that the woman didn't have a driver's licence or a registration. DPWD officials towed the car away, even though the woman pleaded with the officer not to tow her car.
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Independent
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Adverb
almost, alone, approximately, badly, exactly, exclusively, ill, inadequately, infrequently, insufficiently, just, largely, less, marginally, merely, minimally, nearly, only, painstakingly, poorly, practically, precisely, purely, rarely, reluctantly, roughly, seldom, shortly, simply, slightly, solely, sparsely, thinly, virtually.
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Proper noun, singular
hardly.
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Verb, base form
hardly.
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Proper noun, singular
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detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
