roughly

Definition

Examples

The trip from the airport to the hotel takes roughly forty minutes.

Word Family

Synonyms

• approximately(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
• abouton the move
• aroundin the area or vicinity

Collocations

• Easy roughly ten minutes away
  describing roughly ten minutes away ((of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct)
• Medium cost roughly five thousand dollars in total
  to cost roughly five thousand dollars in total, meaning to be priced at
• Hard correspond roughly to macroeconomic projections
  to correspond roughly to macroeconomic projections, meaning to be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• Very Hard treated roughly by overzealous security personnel
  to treated roughly by overzealous security personnel, meaning to interact in a certain way