Phrase guide

very much

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • His two cousins are so very much alike.
  • I am very much aware you'd very much like to see me again.
  • That town was still very much a simple farming community, but something was very much the matter.
  • ‘Did you enjoy your meal?’ ‘Very much.’ ‘And did you find it innovative?’ ‘Yes, very much so.’
  • Have you still got very much work to do?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: badly, intensely, strikingly, acutely, awfully, almighty, beyond, damn, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, indecently, insanely, jolly, mightily, murrain, severely, terribly, very much, violently, wicked, wildly

Antonyms: none provided

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adv

Meaning 2

Indeed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: above a bit, certainly, strikingly, really, verily, actually, all things considered, as a matter of fact, by right, come to think of it, de facto, definitely, de jure, fact is, forsooth, frankly, honestly, in actuality, in all honesty, indubitably, in fact, in faith, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, indeed, legitimately, literally, not gonna lie, properly, right, simply, soothfast, soothly, surely, to be frank, to be honest, TBH, to tell the truth, truly, truthfully, undoubtedly, very much, wis

Antonyms: none provided

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adverb

Meaning 3

to a very great degree or extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I feel a lot better
  • we enjoyed ourselves very much
  • she was very much interested
  • this would help a great deal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: dzaxdzeʼ — extremely
  • Catalan: molt — extremely
  • Chinese Mandarin: 很 (hěn) — extremely
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非常 (fēicháng) — extremely
  • Finnish: erittäin paljon — extremely
  • French: beaucoup — extremely
  • Galician: moi — extremely
  • Galician: ben — extremely
  • Galician: extremadamente — extremely
  • Gallo: brav'ment — extremely
  • German: sehr — extremely
  • German: schön — extremely
  • Greek: πολύ (polý) — extremely
  • Ancient Greek: σφόδρα (sphódra) — extremely
  • Hebrew: עַד מְאוֹד ('ad m'od) — extremely
  • Hebrew: מְאוֹד מְאוֹד (m'od m'od) — extremely
  • Hungarian: nagyon — extremely
  • Italian: mille — extremely
  • Latin: multum — extremely
  • Latin: plūrimum — extremely
  • Latin: valdē — extremely
  • Latin: magnopere — extremely
  • Malayalam: വളരെയധികം (vaḷareyadhikaṁ) — extremely
  • Ojibwe: naaniibowa — extremely
  • Portuguese: muito — extremely
  • Sanskrit: बहु (bahu) — extremely
  • Spanish: muy — extremely
  • Tamil: மிக (mika) — extremely
  • Tamil: மிகவும் (mikavum) — extremely
  • Tamil: மிகுந்த (mikunta) — extremely
  • Tocharian B: māka — extremely
  • Tok Pisin: tumas — extremely