So

Synonyms for so
adv to a degree

very
unusually
remarkably
extremely

indefinitely
infinitely
such
vaguely

indeterminately
so large
so much
this much

uncertainly

Synonyms
adv thus

thus
and so forth
and so on

even so
in such manner
in such wise

in this degree
in this way
on this wise

to this extent

Synonyms
adv accordingly

then
therefore

hence
consequently

and so

Synonyms
adv exactly right

fit
accurate

correct
exact

just so

Synonyms
conj in order that

therefore
as long as

if only
provided that

with the purpose that
with the result that

Synonyms
conj in such a manner

then
very
well
thus
quite

too
indeed
apparently
therefore
hence

accordingly
afterward
because
consequently
ergo

exact
likewise
similarly
true
sic

Usage Notes

The intensive so meaning “very or extremely” (Everything’s so expensive these days) occurs chiefly in informal speech. In writing and formal speech, intensive so is most often followed by a completing that clause: Everything is so expensive that some families must struggle just to survive. The conjunction so (often followed by that) introduces clauses both of purpose (We ordered our tickets early so that we could get good seats) and of result (The river had frozen during the night so people walked across it all the next day). In formal speech and writing, so that is somewhat more common than so in clauses of purpose. Otherwise, either so or so that is standard. Like and, but1, and or, so can occur as a transitional word at the beginning of a sentence: So all our hard work finally brought results. See also as1, and, but1.