but

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Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Preposition

1. {{senseid|en|apart from}} [[apart from|Apart from]], [[except]] (for), [[excluding]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|outside|Scotland}} {{U|outside}} of.

Adverb

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|_|literary|or|poetic}} [[merely|Merely]], [[only]], [[just]], [[no]] [[more]] [[than]].
2. {{lb|en|Australian|Geordie|Scotland|conjunctive}} [[though|Though]], [[however]].
3. {{ng|Used to [[repeat]] an [[adverb]] for [[emphasis]]}}; [[simply]]; [[just]]; [[absolutely]].

Conjunction

1. {{l|en|however|However}}, {{l|en|although}}, {{l|en|nevertheless}}, {{l|en|on the other hand}} {{q|introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence}}.
2. {{l|en|on the contrary|On the contrary}}, {{l|en|rather}} {{q|as a regular {{l|en|adversative}} conjunction, introducing a word or clause in {{l|en|contrast}} or {{l|en|contradiction}} with the preceding negative clause or sentence}}.
3. {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{ng|Used at the beginning of a sentence to express [[opposition]] to a [[remark]].}}
4. [[except|Except]] that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, {{q|archaic}} with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
5. {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{n-g|Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.}}
6. {{lb|en|archaic}} Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Except with; unless with; without.
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Only; solely; merely.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[until|Until]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete|following a negated expression of improbability}} [[that|That]]. {{defdate|16th–19th c.}}

Noun

1. An [[instance#Noun|instance]] of using the word "but"; an [[objection#Noun|objection]] or [[caveat#Noun|caveat]].
2. {{lb|en|Scotland}} The [[outer]] [[room]] of a small two-room [[cottage]].
3. A [[limit]]; a [[boundary]].
4. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the [[butt]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|archaic|or|rare|and|humorous}} Use the word "but".

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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