very much
very much adverb: to a very great extent.
Adverb
very much (not comparable)
- To a very great extent.
- His two cousins are very much alike.
- I am very much aware you'd very much like to see me again.
- Synonyms:
- badly, intensely, strikingly, acutely, awfully, almighty, impossibly, beyond, damn, drastically
- Without doubt; indeed.
- Contrary to recent reports of her death, I can confirm that she is very much alive.
- An apparent first-half spitting contest between Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans provided unwanted controversy on a night when Ashley Young’s late winner kept Manchester United’s hopes of Champions League qualification very much alive.2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian
Determiner
very much
- A very large amount of (something stated or implied).
- We don't have very much wine left.
- Do you have very much work still to do?
very much meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
very much in Tamil
- to a very great extent
- மிக mika, மிகவும் mikavum, மிகுந்த mikunta
very much in Urdu
- very much, excessive
- نہایت nihāyat
very much in Telugu
- very much, very numerous, plenty, abundant
- బహు bahu
very much in Malayalam
- to a very great extent
- വളരെയധികം vaḷareyadhikaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- very much in Odia
- ଅଧିକାଂଶ adhikāṁśa
- very much in Sanskrit
- बहु bahu
Examples of very much in a sentence
- 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.’
Synonyms of very much
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- exceedingly
- extraordinarily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- indecently
- insanely
- jolly
- mightily
- severely
- terribly
- violently
- wicked
- wildly
- above a bit
- certainly
- really
- verily
- actually
- all things considered
- as a matter of fact
- come to think of it
- de facto
- definitely
- de jure
- fact is
- frankly
- honestly
- in actuality
- in all honesty
Questions about very much
- What does very much mean?
- Very much means to a very great extent.
- What is very much in Tamil?
- Very much in Tamil is மிக (mika), மிகவும் (mikavum), மிகுந்த (mikunta). See Very much meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use very much in a sentence?
- That town was still very much a simple farming community, but something was very much the matter.
- What part of speech is very much?
- Very much can be an adverb or a determiner.
Words near very much in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: very much (page history and authors); نہایت (Urdu) (page history and authors); బహు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ଅଧିକାଂଶ (Odia) (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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