Meanings
- not comparablePractically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
She as much as admitted to lying.
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Theridimas my friend, take here my hand, Which is as much as if I ſwore by heauen, And call’d the Gods to witneſſe of my vowe, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene iiIt's too damn foolish; why he as much as said so himself.
1921 February, Edwin Balmer, “Settled Down”, in Everybody's Magazine, volume 44, number 2, page 50 - not comparableSo much as, even.
For as soon as he as much as took out his pince-nez to read the newspaper, the privy councilor's wife was his advance trumpeter, who sounded the fanfare and said, "Now Papa puts on his eyes."
2005, Brigitte Goldstein, transl., Mr. Brecher's Fiasco, →ISBN, page 154
- Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree
He likes caramel as much as he likes fudge.
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The second union panel, "The Future of Clerical and Service Work: Unionization," consisted entirely of union organizers […] each stressed the need for grassroots organizing, coalitions, and community involvement, and seemed to view the government as an adversary as much as an ally.
1985 December 7, Pam Mitchell, Stephanie Poggi, “Feminists & the State Discuss Women at Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 6 - Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount
He earns nearly as much as she does.
- Even though; despite the fact that; much as.
As much as I dislike him, I still voted for him.
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For as much as the Downton Abbey alum has capitalized on his leading-man presentability—how suited he is to wearing suits—his best performances play deviously on that quality.
2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan tant com, per molt que
- tant coman amount is as large as another amount
- per molt queeven though; despite the fact that
Finnish käytännössä, ikään kuin
- käytännössäpractically, no less than
- ikään kuinpractically, no less than
- niin paljon kuinliterally
- yhtä paljon kuintwo things are equal in amount or degree
- saman verran kuintwo things are equal in amount or degree
- yhtä paljon kuinan amount is as large as another amount
- saman verran kuinan amount is as large as another amount
- vaikkaeven though; despite the fact that
French rien moins que, autant que
- rien moins quepractically, no less than
- autant queliterally
- autant quetwo things are equal in amount or degree
- autant quean amount is as large as another amount
- quand bien mêmeeven though; despite the fact that
German beinahe, so gut wie
- beinahepractically, no less than
- so gut wiepractically, no less than
- fastpractically, no less than
- sozusagenpractically, no less than
- quasipractically, no less than
- so sehr wietwo things are equal in amount or degree
- so viel wiean amount is as large as another amount
- so sehr aucheven though; despite the fact that
Hungarian (annyi …) amennyi, annyira
- (annyi …) amennyiliterally
- annyiratwo things are equal in amount or degree
- ugyanannyiratwo things are equal in amount or degree
- úgytwo things are equal in amount or degree
- ugyanúgytwo things are equal in amount or degree
- amennyian amount is as large as another amount
- bármennyire iseven though; despite the fact that
Italian tanto quanto, per quanto
- tanto quantoan amount is as large as another amount
- per quantoeven though; despite the fact that
Polish właściwie, praktycznie
- właściwiepractically, no less than
- praktyczniepractically, no less than
- tak wiele jakliterally
- tyle coliterally
- tak samo jaktwo things are equal in amount or degree
- tak wiele jakan amount is as large as another amount
- tyle coan amount is as large as another amount
- tak jakeven though; despite the fact that
Portuguese tanto quanto, por mais que
- tanto quantoan amount is as large as another amount
- por mais queeven though; despite the fact that
Spanish cuanto, igual que
- cuantoliterally
- igual quetwo things are equal in amount or degree
- tanto comotwo things are equal in amount or degree
- tanto comoan amount is as large as another amount
- por mucho queeven though; despite the fact that
- por más queeven though; despite the fact that
- aunque máseven though; despite the fact that
Cite this entry
as much as. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20much%20as
“as much as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20much%20as. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as much as,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20much%20as.
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