| ADVERB | all | just, merely, simply, only, but | and nothing more |
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| all | just, precisely, exactly, properly | indicating exactness or preciseness | |
| all | just, just now | only a moment ago | |
| all | just, simply | absolutely | |
| all | just, barely, hardly, scarcely, scarce | only a very short time before | |
| all | just | possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true) | |
| all | just | exactly at this moment or the moment described | |
| all | just, barely | by a little | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
| all | just, equitable | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | |
| all | just, fair | free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception | |
| all | just, good, upright | of moral excellence |
| Sounds | jhah'st; jhihst | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst... | ||
| Meaning | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting. | |
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| Narrower | conscionable | acceptable to your conscience |
| fitting, meet | precisely fitting and right | |
| retributive, retributory, vindicatory | Given or inflicted in requital / requital according to merits or deserts | |
| rightful | legally valid | |
| See also | equitable, just | Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience |
| fair, just | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception | |
| honorable, honourable | worthy of being honored | |
| right | In conformance with justice or law or morality | |
| righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | |
| Opposite | unjust | violating / violating principles of justice |
| Spanish | honrado, justo, recto | |
| Catalan | honrat, just, recte | |
| Nouns | justness | the quality of being just or fair |
| Adverbs | justly | in accordance with moral or social standards |
| justly | with honesty | |
| Meaning | Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience. | |
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| Synonym | equitable | |
| Narrower | evenhanded | Without partiality |
| honest, fair | Gained or earned without cheating or stealing | |
| See also | fair, just | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception |
| impartial | showing lack of favoritism | |
| just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | |
| Opposite | inequitable, unjust | not equitable or fair |
| Spanish | equitativo | |
| Catalan | just | |
| Nouns | justness | the quality of being just or fair |
| Meaning | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. | |
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| Synonym | fair | |
| Attribute of | fairness, equity | conformity with rules or standards |
| Narrower | antimonopoly, antitrust | Of laws and regulations |
| clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike | Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | |
| fair-and-square | Just and honest | |
| fair-minded | Of a person | |
| See also | equitable, just | Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience |
| impartial | showing lack of favoritism | |
| just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | |
| reasonable, sensible | showing reason or sound judgment | |
| Opposite | unfair, unjust | not fair |
| Spanish | honrado, justo, recto | |
| Catalan | honrat, just, recte | |
| Nouns | justness | the quality of being just or fair |
| Meaning | Of moral excellence. | |
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| Example | "a just cause" | |
| Synonyms | good, upright | |
| Broader | righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice |
| Spanish | honrado, justo, recto | |
| Catalan | honrat, just, recte | |
| Nouns | justness | conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety |
| Meaning | And nothing more. | |
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| Example | "just a scratch" | |
| Synonyms | merely, simply, only, but | |
| Spanish | apenas, meramente, simplemente, solamente, solo, sólo, únicamente | |
| Catalan | merament, simplement | |
| Meaning | Indicating exactness or preciseness. | |
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| Synonyms | precisely, exactly, properly | |
| Spanish | exactamente, precisamente | |
| Catalan | just | |
| Meaning | Only a moment ago. | |
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| Synonym | just now | |
| Catalan | ara mateix | |
| Meaning | absolutely. | |
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| Synonym | simply | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Spanish | simplemente | |
| Catalan | just | |
| Meaning | Only a very short time before. | |
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| Example | "just missed being hit" | |
| Synonyms | barely, hardly, scarcely, scarce | |
| Spanish | apenas | |
| Meaning | Possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true). | |
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| Example | "it might just happen" | |
| Meaning | Exactly at this moment or the moment described. | |
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| Example | "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them" | |
| Meaning | By a little. | |
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| Synonym | barely | |
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