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as well

/æzwɛl/

as well adverb: in addition; also.

Adverb

as well (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) In addition; also.
    • Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella as well.
  2. To the same effect.
    • They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.
    • There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of the female liver.1898, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics
  3. (South Africa) Me too.
  4. (UK, colloquial) An intensifier. Actually; really.
    • ―Would you though? ―I would as well.
    • ―She looks so much like her mum, don't you think? ―Oh my god, she does as well!

as well meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Indonesian

as well in Urdu

as well
ہم ham

as well in Arabic

in addition, also
أَيْضًا ʔayḍan

as well in Indonesian

in addition, also
juga

Synonyms of as well

Forms of as well

alternative formaswell
alternative formaswel

Words formed from as well

Words that rhyme with as well

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Questions about as well

What does as well mean?
As well means in addition; also.
What is as well in Urdu?
As well in Urdu is ہم (ham). See As well meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is as well?
As well is an adverb.
How do you pronounce as well?
As well is pronounced /æzwɛl/.

Words near as well in the dictionary

  1. as useful as a chocolate teapot
  2. as usual
  3. as was
  4. as we know it
  5. as we speak
  6. as well
  7. as well as
  8. as what
  9. as who should say
  10. as with
  11. as yet

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as well (page history and authors); ہم (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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