But
Synonyms for but
prep indicating contrast
although
however
nevertheless
still
though
yet
on the other hand
Synonyms
prep indicating an exception
aside from
barring
except
omitting
without
disregarding
not including
passing over
Usage Notes
But, like and, is a common transitional word and often begins sentences. When it is used in the middle of a sentence as a coordinating conjunction like and or so, it is not followed by a comma unless the comma is one of a pair setting off a parenthetical expression: His political affiliations make no difference, but his lack of ethics does. The cast is nearly complete, but, our efforts notwithstanding, we lack a star. See also and, so1. When but is understood as a conjunction and the pronoun following it is understood as the subject of an incompletely expressed clause, the pronoun is in the subjective case: Everyone lost faith in the plan but she (did not lose faith). In virtually identical contexts, when but is understood as a preposition, the pronoun following it is in the objective case: Everyone lost faith but her. The prepositional use is more common. However, when prepositional but and its following pronoun occur near the beginning of a sentence, the subjective case often appears: Everyone but she lost faith in the plan. See also doubt, than.
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- But for
Synonyms for but for adj except for bar aside from discounting excepting excluding apart from other than outside of save for short of with the exception of Usage Notes But, like and, is a common transitional word and often begins sentences. When it is used in the middle of a sentence as a coordinating conjunction […]
- But good
Synonyms for but good adv very, well decidedly eminently deeply tremendously exceptionally extraordinarily profoundly terribly exceedingly so greatly vastly extremely remarkably really awful awfully bloody jolly mighty notably plenty powerful real right too much parlous strikingly very much hugely supremely immensely mucho so much surpassingly terrifically Antonyms for but good little unremarkably
- But now
Synonyms for but now adv before expected time previously then before earlier once formerly heretofore now as of now at present before now by now by that time by the time mentioned by then by this time even now in the past just now up to now Antonyms for but now later
- But of course
Synonyms for but of course adv as anticipated easily typically generally commonly spontaneously consistently simply uniformly usually instinctively normally candidly casually customarily freely impulsively innocently openly ordinarily readily genuinely habitually artlessly by birth by nature characteristically informally unaffectedly unpretentiously Antonyms for but of course difficultly unusually unnaturally affectedly
- But once
Synonyms for but once adv in the past; occurred one time only already formerly previously earlier late before erstwhile back bygone heretofore old one sometime quondam a single time at one time away back back when in the old days in the olden days in times gone by in times past long ago on one […]