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for the most part

ADVERB
altogether
Synonyms
STRONGEST
en masse generally
STRONG
all
WEAK
all in all all things considered all told bodily by and large collectively conjointly everything considered everything included in all in sum in toto on the whole taken together
Antonyms
WEAK
incompletely partly
ADVERB
generally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely
WEAK
about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts
Antonyms
STRONGEST
rarely sometimes unusually
WEAK
exactly particularly seldom specifically
ADVERB
mostly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chiefly essentially frequently largely often particularly predominantly principally regularly usually
WEAK
above all almost entirely as a rule customarily in many instances many times most often on the whole overall primarily
Antonyms
STRONGEST
infrequently rarely seldom
ADVERB
principally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly
STRONG
primarily
WEAK
above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally
Antonyms
WEAK
secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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Their stories, for the most part, went unrecorded.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“I’ve always liked talking to prisoners because, for the most part, they’re extremely honest,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Plus, for the most part, Ancora is focused on buying stakes in smaller- to midcap companies, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Legal and ethical issues are governed by standards set by society, but moral choices, for the most part, are for you alone to decide.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

While he makes occasional comments that she should be practicing more, for the most part he ignores her, spending his time alone in the upstairs parlor.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern