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namely adv.
scilicet adv.
videlicet adv.
or conj.

ADVERB

namely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

especially i.e. particularly specially specifically

STRONG

videlicet viz.

WEAK

by way of explanation expressly id est in plain English scilicet strictly speaking that is to wit

Antonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly generally usually

ADVERB

scilicet

Synonyms

WEAK

by way of explanation especially expressly i.e. id est in plain English particularly specially specifically strictly speaking that is to wit videlicet viz.

ADVERB

videlicet

Synonyms

STRONGEST

namely that is

STRONG

viz.

WEAK

by way of explanation especially expressly i.e. id est in plain English particularly scilicet specially specifically strictly speaking to wit

CONJUNCTION

Synonyms

WEAK

as a choice as a substitute as an alternative conversely either in preference to in turn on the other hand or but or else or only preferentially

Antonyms

WEAK

neither nor without choice

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in other words

There is a case that it could be, if AI joins labor and capital as a third factor of production—if, in other words, it completely transforms the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to MarketWatch calculations, 80% of S&P 500 companies are at least 10% below their 52-week high — in other words, they’re in a correction — and 39% are at least 20% below.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

It is time, in other words, for Tuchel to offer Alexander-Arnold some trust.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Many feminists, especially socialist ones, have demanded wages for housework as well as childcare—salaries, in other words, for mothers who stay home.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Catiline, in other words, is wedged firmly between a rock and a hard place.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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