more often than not

Questions about more often than not

What is another word for more often than not?

It depends which more often than not you mean. In the sense “usually; as a rule”, the synonyms are by and large, generally, mostly. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of more often than not?

WordNet records no antonym for more often than not. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for more often than not come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of more often than not

• Full entry for more often than notAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for more often than notWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.