SORT OF Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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adverb

Definition of sort of

as in pretty

to some degree or extent you've been acting sort of funny all week

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Located in the heart of the Marais, a restaurant at the Centre Pompidou would have to be pretty special to compete against all the excellent neighboring options.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
And his arm is pretty good — like, throwing a spiral 67 yards good.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pretty

Adverb

Schrell examined whether annual production campaigns would be more effective, but concluded that the approach would not make economic or operational sense because of costs, limited hot-cell capacity and the isotope’s relatively short half-life.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Unlike many other regions, Australian largetooth sawfish appear to have maintained relatively stable genetic diversity since at least the 1960s.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of relatively

Adverb

But none of the more precise terms quite roll off the tongue.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
That’s true even as there’s been a steady clip of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries, some of them quite alarming, and even as a new, more powerful AI model is released by an American or Chinese lab seemingly every week.

— Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of quite

Adverb

Newer data is available, but the most up-to-date version of the survey hasn’t been around long enough for researchers to know participants’ cause and time of death.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Only a few watched long enough and with sufficient patience to be rewarded with a full view of the brilliant spectacle.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of enough

Adverb

And yet, Simon Farnaby is perhaps most recognizable for mugging his rather expressive and jovial face, usually beneath a crop of untamed curly hair, across a series of scene-stealing comic cameos.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
There is no Payroll tax, but rather a complicated system of private accounts (with mandatory employer contributions) for healthcare and retirement savings.

— Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of rather

Adverb

Porcinis grow in deciduous and coniferous forests, and can withstand a variety of climates, as long as the air remains somewhat humid and temperatures don’t drop near freezing.

— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
With the war with Iran causing inflation to spike and, thus, a pause in the Fed's interest rate policy, rates there have somewhat stabilized.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of somewhat

Adverb

The country has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia despite its fairly restrictive gun laws.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
This is fairly confusing, since Izzy and Zach tie with four points apiece and Oscar gets two points – which doesn’t reflect either the imposter voting that round or the voting throughout the game.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of fairly

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