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ADJECTIVE

eligible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable likely qualified suitable

WEAK

appropriate becoming capable of desirable discretionary elective employable equal to fitted in line for in the running licensed preferable privileged proper satisfactory seemly suited trained usable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unacceptable

WEAK

improper inappropriate ineligible unfit unsuitable unsuited unworthy

ADVERB

meanwhile

Synonyms

STRONG

meantime till

WEAK

ad interim concurrently during the interval for now for the duration for the moment for the time being for then in the interim in the interval in the intervening time in the meantime simultaneously until when

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as down to to this extent

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

extending to stopping at till

PREPOSITION

until

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as before before the coming continuously down to in advance of in expectation prior to till to up till

PREPOSITION

unto

Synonyms

WEAK

against beside next to till toward until

Example Sentences

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MIT, for example, allows undergraduates to take up to four semesters off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“Give up to the sea,” he says, and to all the good things: T-shirts in winter, a stranger’s smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He said up to 35 primary schools in Derry alone are also in the process of introducing similar charters.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

As a result, any losses will be insured up to $40 billion, double the original amount announced in March.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

As I left the building, a workman in a blue cap and blue overalls stepped up to me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom