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just

adjective

1 a just and democratic society | Max was a just man:

fair, fair-minded, equitable, even-handed, impartial, unbiased, objective, neutral, disinterested, unprejudiced, open-minded, nonpartisan, nondiscriminatory, anti-discrimination;

honorable, upright, upstanding, decent, honest, righteous, ethical, moral, virtuous, principled, full of integrity, good, right-minded, straight, reasonable, scrupulous, trustworthy, incorruptible, truthful, sincere;

informal square.

▷antonyms unjust, unfair.

2 a just reward | his just deserts:

deserved, well deserved, well earned, merited, earned;

rightful, due, proper, fitting, appropriate, apt, suitable, befitting;

formal condign;

archaic meet.

▷antonyms undeserved.

3 just criticism:

valid, sound, well founded, well grounded, justified, justifiable, warranted, warrantable, defensible, defendable, legitimate, reasonable, logical;

rare vindicable.

▷antonyms unfair, wrongful.

adverb

1 I just saw him:

a moment ago, a second ago, a short time ago, very recently, not long ago, lately, only now.

2 that's just what I need | she's just right for him:

exactly, precisely, absolutely, completely, totally, entirely, perfectly, utterly, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, in every way, in every respect, in all respects, quite;

informal down to the ground, to a T, bang on, dead;

North American, informal on the money.

3 we just made it:

by a narrow margin, narrowly, only just, by inches, by a hair's breadth, by the narrowest of margins;

barely, scarcely, hardly;

informal by the skin of one's teeth, by a whisker.

4 she's just a child | it's just you and me now:

only, merely, simply, but, nothing but, no more than;

at best, at most;

alone, to the exclusion of everyone/everything else, and no one else, and nothing else;

Northern English nobbut;

South African, informal sommer.

5 the color's just fantastic:

really, absolutely, completely, entirely, totally, altogether, positively, quite, one hundred percent;

indeed, truly.

□ just about

informal

that's just about all the money I've got left:

nearly, almost, practically, all but, virtually, as good as, more or less, close to, nigh on, to all intents and purposes, not far off;

not quite;

informal pretty much;

literary well-nigh.