Synonyms for approximately
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1. approximatelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   near, almost, roughly, around, loosely, nearly, about

   Antonyms:
   definitely, precisely, accurately, exactly

2. approximatelyadverb

   Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

   Synonyms:
   almost, about, around, loosely, roughly, near, nearly

   Antonyms:
   precisely, accurately, exactly, definitely

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, around, close to, round

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1. about

   used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact; roughly.

   a journey of approximately two hours.

   Submitted by JP03 on April 29, 2015  

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1. approximatelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   near, nearly, about, not far from

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1. List of paraphrases for "approximately":

   about, roughly, around, nearly, some, almost, environ, approx, ~, approximate, near, estimated, close, approximatly

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1. Spokesperson Mike Gwin:

   There is only one viable option to deal with the debt limit : Congress needs to increase or suspend it, as it has done approximately 80 times, including three times during the last administration.

2. Chief Financial Officer Evan Russo:

   In the third quarter we conducted a review of our business that resulted in a realignment, including employee reductions and the closing of sub-scale offices and investment strategies, the employee reductions involve approximately 200 people across financial advisory, asset management and corporate functions.

3. Mark Jones:

   A lot depends not on chronological age but how you appear and what people perceive your health to be, the place [ age ] really affects is the issue of stamina. It’s a lot easier to barnstorm across United States when you are in your 40’s than when you are in your late 60’s. It requires a combination of drive but also stamina and the advantage Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would have is being approximately 20 years their junior.

4. Jessica Scott:

   We really need to do a lot more research and a lot more work, but it's very promising that this NASA exercise framework could be applied to help the approximately 1 million individuals that will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States this year, as well as the over 15 million cancer survivors in the United States today.

5. Austin Beutner:

   The district on a day like yesterday would lose approximately $ 25 million in funding.