at most

ADVERB

just

Synonyms

STRONG

but only simply

WEAK

no more than nothing but plainly solely

Antonyms

WEAK

indefinitely

ADVERB

only

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alone entirely hardly merely particularly purely simply solely

STRONG

but just

WEAK

nothing but plainly totally uniquely utterly wholly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely indefinitely

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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Current medications do not cure the disease, but rather -- at most -- delay its progression by several months.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Everything is at most 20 minutes from each other, so in 24 hours you can actually see a lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Now he would risk only one or two orchards at most, for fear of RSF harassment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

And even when it is, it applies primarily to the short term — over a period no longer than a couple of months, at most.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

We were evenly matched at most games, but he could trounce me at certain titles, especially anything in the first-person shooter genre.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

at most

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