English word
Just
Definitions
adjective
- having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable
- conforming to a standard of correctness : proper
- faithful to an originalarchaic
- acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good : righteous
- being what is merited : deserved
- legally correct : lawful
Synonyms for just
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- deserved
- justified
- due
- ethical
- principled
- upstanding
Synonyms by context
Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair
adjective
Based on, or displaying, common sense
adjective
Exactly or precisely
adverb
- exactly
- precisely
- completely
- absolutely
- entirely
- perfectly
- totally
- altogether
- really
- truly
By a very small or narrow margin
adverb
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- narrowly
- marginally
- only
- almost
- slightly
- nearly
- only just
To the exclusion of everyone or everything else
adverb
- simply
- but
- merely
- alone
- purely
- solely
- exclusively
- at most
- at best
Antonyms for just
Opposite of based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair
Opposite of based on, or displaying, common sense
- groundless
- baseless
- illogical
- senseless
- unreasoning
- foolish
- implausible
- incoherent
- irrational
- reasonless
Opposite of justified by morally accepted standards
- undeserved
- undue
- unjustified
- unmerited
- unwarranted
- unearned
- unjustifiable
- incorrect
Opposite of exactly or precisely
- moderately
- reasonably
- relatively
- somewhat
- vaguely
- comparatively
- faintly
- fairly
- remotely
- slightly
Opposite of by a very small or narrow margin
- substantially
- significantly
- considerably
- greatly
- markedly
- noticeably
- appreciably
- seriously
- vastly
- remarkably
Opposite of to the exclusion of everyone or everything else
- together
- collectively
- cooperatively
- jointly
- conjointly
- combined
- inclusively
- collectedly
- as a group
- en masse
Phrases
- above board
- above reproach
- above suspicion
- according to the rules
- all right
- always there
- as good as one's word
- babe in woods
- batting a thousand
- below the belt
- best ever
- beyond question
- beyond reproach
- beyond suspicion
- big name
- big time
- boy scout
- by the book
- by the numbers
- capable of being trusted