What is another word for only?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈə͡ʊnli], [ ˈəʊnli], [ ˈəʊ_n_l_i]
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Similar words for only:
- alone (adjective)
- exclusive (adjective)
- exclusively (adjective)
- individual (adjective)
- main (adjective)
- matchless (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- peerless (adjective)
- separate (adjective)
- single (adjective)
- singular (adjective)
- sole (adjective)
- solitary (adjective)
- unequaled (adjective)
- unique (adjective)
- unparalleled (adjective)
- entirely (adverb)
- hardly (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- purely (adverb)
- all (adverb)
- barely; exclusively (adverb)
- exclusively (adverb)
- hardly (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- separately (adverb)
- solitarily (adverb)
- wholly (adverb)
- lone (noun)
- merely (noun)
- only (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- sole (noun)
- other synonyms
- alone
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Only:
adj.
• alone (adjective)- more unassisted,
- on one own,
- by itselfoneself,
- un escorted,
- unaided,
- most widowed,
- most unaided,
- staggest,
- more unescorted,
- un accompanied,
- by itself-oneself,
- me my shadow,
- most hermit,
- unmarried,
- more onliest,
- un-attended,
- most unescorted,
- solo,
- un aided,
- shaggest,
- un-accompanied,
- more hermit,
- more unaided,
- de-solate,
- un assisted,
- un-attached,
- me myself i,
- un attended,
- un attached,
- most onliest,
- un-married,
- un-assisted,
- more widowed,
- un-aided,
- on ones own,
- un-escorted,
- most unassisted,
- by itself oneself,
- de solate,
- un married.
- in-dependent,
- more cliquish,
- in dependent,
- dis-criminative,
- most exclusory,
- most exclusionary,
- more circumscribed,
- upper crust,
- dis criminative,
- most cliquish,
- most circumscribed,
- more exclusionary,
- restrictive,
- un divided,
- un-divided,
- more exclusory.
- all.
- ex press,
- un-usual,
- in dividual,
- personalized,
- more diacritic,
- dis crete,
- un commoner,
- most diacritic,
- re-served,
- in divisible,
- re served,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- in-divisible,
- un usual,
- ex-press,
- un commonest,
- most personalized,
- de-finite,
- more unitary,
- in-dividual,
- dis-crete,
- de finite,
- more personalized,
- most unitary,
- un common.
- sole,
- extra ordinary,
- in solitary,
- one,
- cliquish,
- unitary,
- sui generis,
- primo,
- anti-social,
- undisguised,
- peerless,
- eremetic,
- shagger,
- single,
- unassisted,
- Exclusionary,
- something else,
- nothing but,
- widowed,
- on own,
- diacritic,
- alone,
- exclusive,
- particular,
- unescorted,
- hermitical,
- Uncompanionable,
- stag,
- on one's own,
- unsocial,
- traveling light,
- me and my shadow,
- main,
- shag,
- unparalleled,
- swank,
- unequaled,
- individual,
- Exclusory,
- batching it,
- unrepeatable,
- separate,
- socially correct,
- only one.
- unalloyed,
- singled-out,
- singled out,
- unmixed,
- not general,
- not public,
- without equal,
- unshared,
- unblended,
- uncompounded,
- odd,
- unique,
- singular.
- more uncompanionable,
- re-mote,
- more hermitical,
- with-drawn,
- un-frequented,
- mis-anthropic,
- most sequestered,
- most hermitical,
- most uncompanionable,
- un-social,
- most eremetic,
- more unsocial,
- with drawn,
- most unsocial,
- un social,
- more sequestered,
- un-approachable,
- anti social,
- more eremetic,
- un companionable,
- un frequented,
- re tired,
- mis anthropic,
- un-companionable,
- un approachable.
adv
• entirely (adverb) • hardly (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb) • purely (adverb)adv.
• all (adverb)- only.
n.
-
•
- even so,
- not to mention,
- by the way,
- furthermore,
- namely,
- incidentally,
- anyway,
- the fact that,
- in any case,
- anyhow.
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•
- slight.
-
•
- low.
- lone.
Other synonyms:
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•
- minimum,
- scant,
- minimal,
- mere,
- Excepting,
- Excepted,
- miserly,
- exiguous,
- few,
- unmatched,
- thinly,
- sparingly,
- else,
- Excluding,
- faintest,
- sparse.
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•
- limited,
- slender,
- least,
- little,
- scanty,
- nonpareil,
- incomparable,
- unexampled,
- matchless,
- any.
-
•
- apart.
-
•
- light.
How to use "Only" in context?
I should have known better than to count on "only." This statement is one that can be very frustrating for someone who has progressive expectations. It's like my expectations for myself are never good enough and that everyone else is metanormative and without-or at least without as much-limits. What does this have to do with anything?
"Only" is used to people who are in a position of privilege to dictate the terms of the conversation. It implies that the person who is saying it has more knowledge or control than the other person.
Paraphrases for Only:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
solely.
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Adverb
solely.
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Verb, past tense
solely.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
common, little, lonesome, mere, merely, purely, strictly, unattached, vain, very, one-off, Len, one-size-fits-all, one-stop, once-in-a-lifetime.
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Proper noun, singular
Does, applicants, sides.
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Noun, plural
Goals, Records, Respondents, Soils, releases, techniques, registers, documents, practices, purposes, concerns, reasons, units, individuals.
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Adverb
absolutely, also, apart, approximately, barely, certainly, completely, currently, entirely, firstly, fully, hardly, however, independently, individually, little, longer, marginally, merely, necessarily, neither, nevertheless, newly, once, perfectly, precisely, purely, quite, rarely, rather, recently, scarcely, single-handedly, singly, slightly, so, soon, still, strictly, then, totally, unsuccessfully, very, yet.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
exclusively.
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Proper noun, singular
exclusively.
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Adverb
exclusively.
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Adjective
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