not much

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light adj.
hardly adv.
meagerly adv.
somewhat adv.

ADJECTIVE

light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

casual faint gentle mild moderate slight soft sparse thin tiny weak

STRONG

minor minuscule minute restricted scanty shoestring trifling wee

WEAK

digestible fractional fragmentary frivolous frugal hardly any hardly enough inadequate inconsequential inconsiderable indistinct insignificant insufficient modest not many not rich puny superficial trivial unimportant unsubstantial

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big concentrated great heavy large

STRONG

huge

ADVERB

hardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely comparatively practically rarely seldom simply somewhat

STRONG

just

WEAK

almost inconceivably almost not by a hair by no means detectably faintly gradually imperceptibly infrequently little no more than no way not a bit not at all not by much not likely not markedly not measurably not notably not noticeably not often not quite once in a blue moon only only just perceptibly pretty near scantly slightly sparsely sporadically with trouble

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

very

ADVERB

meagerly

Synonyms

WEAK

barely inadequately skimpily

ADVERB

somewhat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little considerably fairly far kind of moderately partially pretty quite rather significantly slightly

WEAK

adequately bearably in part incompletely insignificantly more or less ratherish some something sort of to a degree tolerably well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

not at all

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not much

“When the sun isn’t shining, there’s not much hay to be made.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Carrey and Ah have largely kept their relationship away from the public eye, and not much is known about Ah; however, the newlyweds were apparently first spotted together in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

So it’s true that there’s not much room to spare.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Jack said he is not much of a sports fan, but admits the event is likely to "impact everyone in some way".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“There’s not much to tell. School is school. It’s midwinter break now.”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

not much

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