Synonyms for quite
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1. quite

   Synonyms:
   perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally

   Antonyms:
   partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly

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1. quite, ratheradverb

   to a degree (not used with a negative)

   "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

   Synonyms:
   sooner, kinda, instead, quite an, sort of, preferably, kind of, quite a, rather

2. quiteadverb

   to the greatest extent; completely

   "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"

   Synonyms:
   quite a, rather, quite an

3. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

   of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

   "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"

   Synonyms:
   quite a, rather, quite an

4. quiteadverb

   actually or truly or to an extreme

   "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

   Synonyms:
   quite a, rather, quite an

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1. quiteadjective

   Synonyms:
   completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly

2. quiteadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great extent

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1. List of paraphrases for "quite":

   very, fairly, rather, completely, enough, entirely, absolutely, totally, perfectly, relatively, fully, pretty, somewhat, wholly, highly, extremely, utterly, exactly, much, really, well, altogether, fort, far, sufficiently, abundantly, reasonably

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1. James P. Hogan:

   Scientists are the easiest to fool. They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the one where everything has a logical explanation and things are what they appear to be. Children and conjurors - they terrify me. Scientists are no problem against them I feel quite confident.

2. David Williamson:

   There is no one quite as angry as someone who has just lost a lot of money.

3. Derrick Johnson:

   I wish it could get banned, quite frankly, because it creates more intolerance and more racial instability.

4. Anote Tong:

   But the elections were very fair, very transparent and quite professionally done. I think this election represents an opportunity for a fresh start for the nation.

5. Robert Bloom:

   I think it was a good decision. From everything we can see, he doesn't emote very much, especially in the courtroom, through Prejean, they were able to show him talking, show him caring. I thought that was really quite powerful.