for the most part

1. 1.

   in large part; mainly or chiefly

   “These accounts are largely inactive”

   Synonymslargelymostly

Questions about for the most part

What does for the most part mean?

for the most part means "in large part; mainly or chiefly".

What is another word for for the most part?

Close synonyms include largely, mostly. 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 for the most part a common word?

for the most part is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.