kind of
Approximately, loosely speaking
Kind of softens or hedges what follows, indicating something is approximately or somewhat true without full commitment: I'm kind of tired, It was kind of expensive.
Often signals reluctance or understatement: I kind of forgot about it.
In casual speech, frequently reduced to "kinda." Can also mean a type or variety of something: What kind of music do you like?
To a moderate extent
- more or lessApproximately, not exactly
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- in a wayTo some degree
- to some extentPartially but not fully
partially · halfway · a bit · a little · rather · fairly · moderately · to a degree
Uncertain agreement phrase
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- perhapsExpressing uncertainty
- probablyAlmost certainly true
- supposedlyAs is claimed
seemingly · apparently · arguably · conceivably · presumably · so to speak · as it were · if you will
Comparable to, or enjoy
- similar toResembling in nature
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- not unlikeSimilar, stated negatively
- bordering onApproaching a state
somewhat
To a moderate extent
- more or lessApproximately, not exactly
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- in a wayTo some degree
to some extent · partially · halfway · a bit · a little · rather · fairly · moderately · to a degree · after a fashion
I guess
Uncertain agreement phrase
supposedly · seemingly · apparently · arguably · conceivably · presumably · so to speak · as it were · if you will · basically
like
Comparable to, or enjoy
- similar toResembling in nature
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- not unlikeSimilar, stated negatively
- filler phrasesum, uh, like, you know, I mean
- vague wordssomething, someone, somewhere, sometime, somehow
- not reallynot quite, maybe, hardly, barely, not exactly
- Timid expressionsum, uh, well, maybe, perhaps
- hedgessomewhat, I think, slightly, I believe, fairly
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
kind ofexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · definitely · certainly · absolutely · specifically