at bottom

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   in reality

   “she is very kind at heart”

   Synonymsat heartdeep downinsidein spite of appearance

Questions about at bottom

What does at bottom mean?

at bottom means "in reality".

What is another word for at bottom?

Close synonyms include at heart, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is at bottom a common word?

at bottom is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.