What does “quite” mean?
- 1
adverbfairly, more than a little but not very
The movie was quite long.
- 2
adverbcompletely or totally
I’m not quite ready yet.
Quite at a glance
- Part of speech
- adverb
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /kwaɪt/ · KWYT
How to use “quite” correctly
Word order: “quite a big house”, not “a quite big house”. Don’t confuse “quite” (KWYT) with “quiet” (KWY-ut, not noisy).
Common phrases with “quite”
- quite a lot
- quite a few
- not quite
- quite a
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- fairly
- rather
- completely
“quite” is on these word lists
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