perhaps

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”

   Synonymspossiblyperchancemaybemayhapperadventure

Questions about perhaps

What does perhaps mean?

perhaps means "by chance".

How many syllables are in perhaps?

perhaps has 2 syllables: per-haps. The stress falls on "haps". In IPA it is /pɚˈhæps/.

What is another word for perhaps?

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

perhaps 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.