quite

The word “quite” has 1 syllable: quite

It's pronounced as /kwaɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for quite?

In the thesaurus, “quite” has 122 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quite along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quite

  • a bit
  • a little
  • a mite
  • a tad
  • a touch
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • acceptably
  • actually
  • after a sort
  • all
  • all in all
  • all of
  • all over
  • all the way
  • all told
  • altogether
  • at length
  • basically
  • by and large
  • categorically
  • chiefly
  • clean
  • cold
  • completely
  • considerably
  • copiously
  • dead
  • decently
  • down the line
  • down to the ground
  • downright
  • enough
  • entire
  • entirely
  • even
  • exactly
  • fairly
  • far
  • fast
  • flat
  • for fair
  • full
  • fully
  • generally
  • generously
  • greatly
  • half
  • halfway
  • hands down
  • heartily
  • in all respects
  • in fact
  • in reality
  • in toto
  • in truth
  • in whole
  • incompletely
  • just
  • kind of
  • kindly
  • largely
  • like
  • little
  • mainly
  • moderately
  • more or less
  • mostly
  • negligibly
  • nominally
  • of a sort
  • of sorts
  • out
  • overall
  • part
  • partially
  • partly
  • partway
  • passably
  • perfectly
  • plain
  • plumb
  • positively
  • precisely
  • predominantly
  • predominately
  • pretty
  • primarily
  • principally
  • purely
  • rather
  • really
  • reasonably
  • relatively
  • significantly
  • slightly
  • something
  • somewhat
  • sort of
  • soundly
  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • substantially
  • thoroughly
  • through and through
  • to a degree
  • to bits
  • to pieces
  • to some degree
  • to the hilt
  • to the max
  • tolerably
  • totally
  • truly
  • unqualifiedly
  • utterly
  • vaguely
  • very
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide
  • without reservation

Antonyms for quite

  • approximately
  • awfully
  • barely
  • beastly
  • considerably
  • deadly
  • doubtfully
  • especially
  • exceeding
  • exceedingly
  • exceptionally
  • extensively
  • extremely
  • frightfully
  • greatly
  • half
  • halfway
  • hardly
  • heavily
  • highly
  • hugely
  • inadequately
  • incompletely
  • indefinite
  • just
  • kind of
  • little
  • marginally
  • mightily
  • minimally
  • mortally
  • part
  • partially
  • particularly
  • partly
  • roughly
  • scarcely
  • significantly
  • slightly
  • somewhat
  • substantially
  • superficially
  • surpassingly
  • terribly
  • very

Meanings of quite

  • adverb
    1. (heading) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
    2. (heading) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
    3. To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
  • interjection
    1. Indicates agreement; "exactly so".
  • noun
    1. A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.

Example Sentences

  • She is quite talented at playing the piano.
  • The movie was quite entertaining and kept us on the edge of our seats.
  • He was quite surprised by the unexpected turn of events.
  • The weather today is quite pleasant, perfect for a walk in the park.
  • She handled the situation quite well, considering the pressure she was under.

On this page you'll find 167 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quite, such as: a bit, a little, a mite, a tad, a touch, absolutely, abundantly.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

a bit

absolutely

  • abundantly
  • actually
  • admittedly
  • all
  • all of
  • all over
  • altogether
  • assuredly
  • basically
  • by and large
  • categorically
  • certainly
  • chiefly
  • clean
  • cold
  • come hell or high water
  • completely
  • conclusively
  • consummately
  • copiously
  • dead
  • decidedly
  • decisively
  • definitely
  • doubtless
  • downright
  • easily
  • enough
  • entire
  • entirely
  • even
  • exactly
  • fast
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • for sure
  • forsooth
  • frankly
  • full
  • fully
  • generally
  • generously
  • greatly
  • hands down
  • heartily
  • honestly
  • indeed
  • indisputably
  • indubitably
  • largely
  • mainly
  • more or less
  • mostly
  • no ifs ands or buts
  • no strings attached
  • on the button
  • on the money
  • on the nose
  • out
  • overall
  • perfectly
  • plain
  • plumb
  • positively
  • precisely
  • predominantly
  • predominately
  • primarily
  • principally
  • purely
  • quite
  • radically
  • realistically
  • really
  • right on
  • soundly
  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • straight out
  • substantially
  • sure as can be
  • sure as hell
  • sure enough
  • surely
  • the very thing
  • thoroughly
  • through and through
  • totally
  • truly
  • truthfully
  • unambiguously
  • unconditionally
  • undoubtedly
  • unqualifiedly
  • unquestionably
  • utterly
  • verily
  • veritably
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide

abundance

  • adequacy
  • affluence
  • ampleness
  • amplitude
  • army
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • bevy
  • boatload
  • bonanza
  • bounty
  • bucket
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • carload
  • chunk
  • competence
  • competency
  • copiousness
  • cornucopia
  • cram
  • crowd
  • crush
  • deal
  • deluge
  • dozen
  • drove
  • embarrassment
  • embarrassment of riches
  • epidemic
  • excess
  • feast
  • fecundity
  • fertility
  • fistful
  • flock
  • flood
  • fortune
  • fruitfulness
  • gazillion
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • heap
  • herd
  • horde
  • host
  • hundred
  • jillion
  • kazillion
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • lavishness
  • legion
  • liberality
  • loads
  • lot
  • luxuriance
  • mass
  • mess
  • million
  • mob
  • mountain
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • multitude
  • myriad
  • oodles
  • opulence
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overdose
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • pack
  • passel
  • peck
  • pile
  • plague
  • plateful
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • pot
  • potful
  • press
  • profusion
  • prosperity
  • prosperousness
  • quantity
  • quite a bit
  • raft
  • rash
  • reams
  • redundancy
  • riches
  • richness
  • scads
  • score
  • sea
  • sheaf
  • shipload
  • sight
  • slew
  • spate
  • stack
  • store
  • sufficiency
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • superfluousness
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • swarm
  • thousands
  • thriving
  • throng
  • ton
  • trillion
  • truckload
  • volume
  • wad
  • wealth
  • yard
  • zillion

abundances

  • armies
  • barrels
  • basketfuls
  • basketsful
  • bevies
  • boatloads
  • bonanzas
  • buckets
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • bushels
  • carloads
  • chunks
  • crams
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • deals
  • deluges
  • dozen
  • dozens
  • droves
  • embarrassments
  • epidemics
  • excesses
  • fistfuls
  • flocks
  • floods
  • gazillions
  • gobs
  • good deals
  • heaps
  • herds
  • hordes
  • hosts
  • hundred
  • hundreds
  • jillions
  • kazillions
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • legions
  • loads
  • lots
  • masses
  • messes
  • million
  • millions
  • mobs
  • mountains
  • much
  • multiplicities
  • multitudes
  • myriads
  • oodles
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • oversupplies
  • packs
  • passels
  • pecks
  • piles
  • plagues
  • platefuls
  • plenitudes
  • plenties
  • plentitudes
  • plethoras
  • potfuls
  • pots
  • presses
  • profusions
  • quantities
  • quite a bit
  • rafts
  • rashes
  • reams
  • redundancies
  • scads
  • scores
  • seas
  • sheaves
  • shiploads
  • sights
  • slews
  • spates
  • stacks
  • stores
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • surfeits
  • surpluses
  • swarms
  • thousands
  • throngs
  • tons
  • trillions
  • truckloads
  • volumes
  • wads
  • wealths
  • yards
  • zillions

dead

  • abeyant
  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • all
  • all in
  • all of
  • all over
  • all the way
  • all-out
  • altogether
  • anesthetized
  • antiquated
  • apathetic
  • arid
  • arrant
  • arrested
  • as the crow flies
  • asleep
  • at length
  • at rest
  • authentic
  • aweary
  • baked
  • baleful
  • bankrupted
  • barren
  • basically
  • beat
  • beaten
  • benumbed
  • bereft of life
  • bitten the dust
  • bland
  • blank
  • bleak
  • bleary
  • bloodless
  • blooming
  • blunted
  • bodacious
  • boney
  • bony
  • boring
  • bought the farm
  • breathless
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • buried
  • burned-out
  • burnt-out
  • bushed
  • by and large
  • bygone
  • bypast
  • cadaverous
  • callous
  • categoric
  • categorical
  • categorically
  • checked out
  • chiefly
  • chilled
  • classic
  • clean
  • cocainized
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • comatose
  • complete
  • completely
  • confirmed
  • constant
  • consumed
  • consummate
  • copiously
  • crashing
  • cut off
  • damn
  • damned
  • dated
  • deadened
  • deadly
  • deadness
  • death
  • deathly
  • debilitated
  • deceased
  • definite
  • defunct
  • dehydrated
  • demised
  • departed
  • depleted
  • desert
  • desolate
  • dilute
  • diminished
  • direct
  • directly
  • done
  • done for
  • doomed
  • dormant
  • down the line
  • down to the ground
  • downright
  • drained
  • dreadful
  • dried-up
  • droughty
  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • dry
  • due
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dying
  • endangered
  • endless
  • enervate
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • enough
  • entire
  • entirely
  • erased
  • eternal
  • even
  • exactly
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • expired
  • extinct
  • extraordinary
  • extreme
  • faded
  • fading
  • fair
  • fallen
  • fallow
  • fast
  • fatal
  • fateful
  • fatigued
  • fell
  • finished
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • flavorless
  • for fair
  • free
  • frightful
  • frigid
  • full
  • fully
  • generally
  • generously
  • genuine
  • ghostlike
  • ghostly
  • gone
  • gone to meet maker
  • gone to reward
  • grave
  • greatly
  • habitual
  • hands down
  • hardscrabble
  • heartily
  • heavy
  • hopeless
  • horrible
  • huge
  • idle
  • imperiled
  • imperilled
  • impoverished
  • in whole
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • inert
  • infertile
  • inhospitable
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • insensate
  • insensible
  • insensitive
  • insipid
  • interrupted
  • inveterate
  • jaded
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • killer
  • knackered
  • lapsed
  • largely
  • late
  • latent
  • lessened
  • lethal
  • lethargic
  • lifeless
  • lifelessness
  • limp
  • liquidated
  • loggy
  • logy
  • lost
  • low
  • macabre
  • main
  • mainly
  • missing
  • more or less
  • moribund
  • mortal
  • mortality
  • mortuary
  • mostly
  • murderous
  • nipped
  • no more
  • nonexistent
  • nonextant
  • nonfunctional
  • nonfunctioning
  • nonliving
  • not existing
  • nothingness
  • numb
  • numbed
  • obsolete
  • obtunded
  • off
  • offed
  • on the shelf
  • out
  • out of commission
  • out-and-out
  • outright
  • overall
  • overfatigued
  • overtaxed
  • overthrown
  • overworked
  • parched
  • passed away
  • perfect
  • perfectly
  • perished
  • perpetual
  • pestilent
  • phantom
  • plain
  • played out
  • plumb
  • plump
  • pooped
  • poor
  • predominantly
  • predominately
  • primarily
  • principally
  • profound
  • prostrate
  • pure
  • pushing up daisies
  • quiescent
  • quite
  • rainless
  • rank
  • real
  • reduced
  • regular
  • reposing
  • resting in peace
  • right
  • ruined
  • run-down
  • sapped
  • savorless
  • sear
  • senseless
  • sere
  • sheer
  • simple
  • sleep
  • sleepy
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • soundly
  • spectral
  • spent
  • spiritless
  • stark
  • stiff
  • still
  • stillborn
  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • straight
  • straight-out
  • straightly
  • straightway
  • stupefied
  • substantially
  • sunbaked
  • sunk
  • superlative
  • supreme
  • surpassing
  • suspended
  • tapped out
  • tasteless
  • terminated
  • terrible
  • terrific
  • thin
  • thirsty
  • thorough
  • thoroughgoing
  • thoroughly
  • through and through
  • tired
  • to bits
  • to pieces
  • to the hilt
  • to the max
  • torpid
  • total
  • totally
  • unadulterated
  • unalive
  • unalloyed
  • unanimated
  • unconditional
  • unconscious
  • uncultivable
  • undeviatingly
  • undying
  • unfeeling
  • unfertile
  • unflavored
  • uninteresting
  • unmitigated
  • unoccupied
  • unproductive
  • unqualified
  • unqualifiedly
  • unremitting
  • unresponsive
  • unrestricted
  • unsavory
  • untillable
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • used up
  • useless
  • utter
  • utterly
  • vacant
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • veritable
  • very
  • washed-out
  • waste
  • waterless
  • watery
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide
  • wiped out
  • wooden
  • worn
  • worn to a frazzle
  • worn-out

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