maybe

1. 1.

   by chance

   “perhaps she will call tomorrow”

   “we may possibly run into them at the concert”

   “it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time”

   Synonymspossiblyperchanceperhapsmayhapperadventure

Questions about maybe

What does maybe mean?

maybe means "by chance".

How many syllables are in maybe?

maybe has 2 syllables: ma-ybe. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪbi/.

What is another word for maybe?

Close synonyms include possibly, perchance, perhaps, mayhap, peradventure. 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 maybe a common word?

maybe is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.