to boot

adverb

In addition, besides, also.

“His boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.”

Meanings

adverbto boot (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticinformalnot comparableIn addition, besides, also.

    His boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.

    3 more examples

    Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

    1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16

    "Well, horse and away!" said the patron, "so soon as you have got your riding livery in trim. You may ride the black crop-ear —and hark ye, I'll make you a present of him to boot."

    1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC

    While the Manischewitz’s cloying sweetness comes through (one suspects it would take a full gallon of bourbon to subdue that candied Concord grapiness), the drink is determinedly balanced, and rather festive to boot.

    2009 April 12, Jonathan Miles, “A Cocktail Mixed With a Punch Line”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: into the bargain, on top of that

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn addition, besides, also.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin addition, by way of addition; furthermore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtō bōte“to boot, besides, moreover”
  2. Middle Englishto bote“something added to, addition”
  3. Englishto boot

From Middle English to bote (“something added to, addition”), from Old English tō bōte (“to boot, besides, moreover”). See boot (“profit, gain, remedy”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 而且
  • 而且 (érqiě)in addition, besides, also
Dutch bovendien
  • bovendienin addition, besides, also
Esperanto krome
  • kromein addition, besides, also
Finnish kaiken lisäksi, päälle päätteeksi
  • kaiken lisäksiin addition, besides, also
  • päälle päätteeksiin addition, besides, also
German obendrein, noch dazu
  • obendreinin addition, besides, also
  • noch dazuin addition, besides, also
Italian anche
  • anchein addition, besides, also
Japanese お負けに
  • お負けに (omakeni)in addition, besides, also
Polish na dobitkę
  • na dobitkęin addition, besides, also
Portuguese além disso, para mais
  • além dissoin addition, besides, also
  • para maisin addition, besides, also
Russian в прида́чу, к тому́ же
  • в прида́чу (v pridáču)in addition, besides, also
  • к тому́ же (k tomú že)in addition, besides, also
Spanish además
  • ademásin addition, besides, also
Swedish dessutom, till på köpet
  • dessutomin addition, besides, also
  • till på köpetin addition, besides, also
  • därtillin addition, besides, also
  • tillikain addition, besides, also
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Chicago

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