sort of

1. 1.

   to some (great or small) extent

   “it was rather cold”

   “the party was rather nice”

   “the knife is rather dull”

   “I rather regret that I cannot attend”

   “He's rather good at playing the cello”

   “he is kind of shy”

   Synonymsratherkind ofkinda

Questions about sort of

What does sort of mean?

sort of means "to some (great or small) extent".

What is another word for sort of?

Close synonyms include rather, kind of, kinda. 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.