very

The word “very” has 2 syllables: ver-y

It's pronounced as /ˈvɛr.i/

What is synonym and antonym for very?

In the thesaurus, “very” has 299 synonyms and 90 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for very along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for very

a lot
absolute
absolutely
abundantly
accurately
achingly
actual
actually
acutely
all-out
almighty
almost
alone
altogether
amazingly
amply
appreciably
appropriate
archly
arrant
as all get-out
astonishingly
astronomically
attested
authentic
authentically
authenticated
authoritative
awful
awfully
badly
bare
beastly
believable
blank
blisteringly
blooming
bodacious
bona fide
bone
categoric
categorical
certain
certainly
certifiable
certifiably
certified
classic
clean
colossally
complete
completely
concrete
confirmed
considerably
constant
consummate
convincing
corking
correct
cracking
crashing
damn
damned
dang
de facto
dead
deadly
dearly
decidedly
deeply
definite
demonstrated
desperately
discernibly
downright
dreadful
effective
eminently
emphatically
endless
enormously
entirely
especial
especially
established
eternal
ever
exactly
exaggeratedly
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
excessively
existent
express
extensively
extra
extraordinarily
extraordinary
extreme
extremely
fabulously
factual
fair
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
final
flat
flat-out
frightful
frightfully
full
fully
genuine
genuinely
good and
grandly
greatly
habitual
hard
heavily
highly
hopeless
horrible
huge
hugely
ideal
identical
immensely
in actuality
in reality
in truth
incontestable
incontrovertible
incredibly
indispensably
indisputable
indubitable
inescapable
intensely
inveterate
irrefutable
jolly
just
largely
literal
literally
lone
main
majorly
markedly
mere
mightily
mighty
model
monstrous
monstrously
monumentally
mortally
most
much
nearly
notably
noticeably
objective
obscenely
obviously
only
out-and-out
outright
overmuch
palpable
palpably
particularly
passing
perfect
perpetual
plain
plainly
plentifully
plumb
positive
positively
powerfully
practically
precise
precisely
pressingly
pretty
prodigiously
profound
profoundly
proven
pure
purely
radically
rank
rattling
real
real-life
real-world
realistic
really
regular
remarkably
right
roaring
roaringly
same
selfsame
seriously
severely
sharp
sheer
significantly
simple
simply
singular
smack-dab
so
sole
solitary
solo
sore
sorely
spanking
special
specially
squarely
staggeringly
stark
stinking
stone
straight-out
substantial
substantially
substantiated
such
super
superlative
superlatively
supreme
supremely
sure-enough
surpassing
surpassingly
surprisingly
tangible
terrible
terribly
terrific
that
thorough
thoroughgoing
thoroughly
thumping
too
total
totally
true
truly
unadulterated
unalloyed
unco
uncommonly
unconditional
undeniable
undoubted
undying
unique
unmistakable
unmitigated
unqualified
unquestionable
unremitting
unrestricted
unusually
utter
utterly
valid
validated
vastly
verifiable
verified
veritable
veritably
very same
virtually
visibly
vitally
way
whacking
wholly
wicked
wildly
wonderfully

Antonyms for very

abstract
alleged
another
apparently
assumed
barely
chimeric
chimerical
commonly
conceived
conjectural
different
differentiable
discriminable
disparate
dissimilar
distinct
distinctive
distinguishable
diverse
doubtful
doubtfully
dubious
dubiously
envisaged
envisioned
equivocal
fabled
fabricated
fake
fanciful
fictional
fictitious
hardly
hypothetical
ideal
illusory
imaginary
imagined
indefinite
inexact
inexistent
invented
just
legendary
little
made-up
make-believe
marginally
meagerly
minimally
negligibly
nominally
nonexistent
ostensibly
other
outwardly
pictured
platonic
plausibly
possible
potential
pretend
professedly
qualified
questionable
reputed
restricted
romantic
scantily
scarcely
seemingly
slightly
somewhat
supposed
supposedly
suppositional
symbolic
theoretic
theoretical
unalike
uncertain
unlike
unreal
unremarkably
usually
varied
various
virtual
visualized

Meanings of very

adjective
1. True, real, actual.
2. The same; identical.
3. With limiting effect: mere.
adverb
1. To a great extent or degree.
2. Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
3. (with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

Example Sentences

She was very happy with the results of her exam.
It is very important to arrive on time for the meeting.
The movie was very interesting and well-acted.
He walked very quickly to catch the bus.
I am very proud of what you have accomplished.

On this page you'll find 389 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to very, such as: a lot, absolute, absolutely, abstract, abundantly, accurately, achingly.

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