Definitions

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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So this fund, like buffered and other defined outcome funds, has lagged behind the S&P 500 for the most part.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

In Southern California in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, people lived, for the most part, phone-free.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

But for the most part, there have not been too many talking points.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Pete Hegseth goes around describing himself as the “secretary of war,” and he’s gotten rid of the rules of engagement for the most part.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

But for the most part the new scientists avoided the word ‘evidence’ because it inevitably carried with it an implicit reference to the law courts—a reference that Sprat was willing to make explicit.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

for the most part

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