by much

ADVERB

greatly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enormously extremely highly hugely immeasurably immensely incredibly indeed largely markedly mightily notably remarkably tremendously vastly very much

WEAK

abundantly conspicuously eminently emphatically exceedingly exceptionally famously glaringly in great measure incalculably incomparably infinitely inimitably intensely most much on a large scale powerfully strikingly superlatively supremely surpassingly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

inconsiderably insignificantly unremarkably

Example Sentences

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by much

Lose by much more and those numbers get quite a bit worse - 63% for -2, 42% for -3, 27% for -4 and 19% for -5.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

El Reda: Enjoy every moment because it goes by much faster than you think.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

But it is surrounded by much faster-growing cities in its outer orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Warsh’s nomination has been cheered by much of the business and investment community.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

In France, the word preceded the deed, though not by much.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton