Meanings
- focusnot comparableLikewise.
The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC1 more example
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26 - conjunctivenot comparableAlso, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time.
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There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.
It is important to remember, too, that she is generous with his time. Sometimes, too, she does ask for the odd favor.
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLCThe Isk were true symbiotes. The Isk cannot live without the Yoort. And to ensure that this symbiosis would be real, the Yoort, too, were modified. Now Yoort cannot live without Isk and Isk cannot live without Yoort. They are one creature with two parts.
1999, K. A. Applegate, The Attack (Animorphs), volume 26Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18Synonyms: as well, additionally, eke
- not comparabledegreeTo an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
Don't be too quick to blame others.
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Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too
I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.
This water is too polluted for us to drink (it).
[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth DayThe dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847Synonyms: unduly, over, over-, overly, excessively, extremely, unnecessarily, all too
- childishcolloquialemphaticnot comparableUsed to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
You're not old enough yet. ― I am too!
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You can't jump that fence. ― Can too jump it!
We haven't been mean to you. ― Have too, plenty of times
Synonyms: so
- archaiccolloquialnot comparableUsed for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.
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The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him. […] He comes to a gateway in the brick wall, looks in, and sees a great perplexity of iron lying about in every stage and in a vast variety of shapes— […] "This is a place to make a man's head ache too!" says the trooper, looking about him for a counting-house.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAlso, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
adverbTo an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
adverbUsed to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
More synonyms by meaning
adverbto a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishtō“furthermore, also, besides”
- Middle Englishto“also, in addition to”
- Englishtoo
From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄγαν
- ἄγαν (ágan)(degree) more than enough
Arabic أَيْضًا, كَذٰلِكَ
- أَيْضًا (ʔayḍan)(focus) likewise
- كَذٰلِكَ (ka-ḏālika)(focus) likewise
- كَمَان (kamān)(focus) likewise
- بَرْضُه (barḍuh)(focus) likewise
- أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اللّازِمِ (ʔakṯara mina l-lāzimi)(degree) more than enough
- لِلْغايةِ (lilḡāyati)(degree) more than enough
- مُفْرِط (mufriṭ)(degree) more than enough
Basque gehiegi, ere
- gehiegi(focus) likewise
- ere(focus) likewise
- -egi(degree) more than enough
- nahi(degree) more than enough
Bengali -ও, বেশী
- -ও (-ō)(focus) likewise
- বেশী (beśi)(degree) more than enough
Bulgarian съ́що, твъ́рде
- съ́що (sắšto)(focus) likewise
- твъ́рде (tvắrde)(degree) more than enough
Catalan també, massa
- també(focus) likewise
- massa(degree) more than enough
Chinese Cantonese 都, 亦
- 都 (dou¹)(focus) likewise
- 亦 (jik⁶)(focus) likewise
- 也 (jaa⁵)(focus) likewise
Chinese Mandarin 也, 太
- 也 (yě)(focus) likewise
- 太 (tài)(degree) more than enough
- 過於 /过于 (guòyú)(degree) more than enough
Czech také, též
- také(focus) likewise
- též(focus) likewise
- příliš(degree) more than enough
Danish ligeså, også
- ligeså(focus) likewise
- også(focus) likewise
- for(degree) more than enough
Dutch ook, eveneens
- ook(focus) likewise
- eveneens(focus) likewise
- te(degree) more than enough
- wel(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
- wel degelijk(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
Esperanto ankaŭ, tro
- ankaŭ(focus) likewise
- tro(degree) more than enough
Estonian samuti, ka
- samuti(focus) likewise
- ka(focus) likewise
- liiga(degree) more than enough
Finnish myös, -kin
- myös(focus) likewise
- -kin(focus) likewise
- liian(degree) more than enough
- -pas(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
- -han(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
French aussi, trop
- aussi(focus) likewise
- trop(degree) more than enough
- si si(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
- tres(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
- très(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
German auch, zu
- auch(focus) likewise
- zu(degree) more than enough
- allzu(degree) more than enough
- wohl(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
- doch(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
Greek επίσης, υπερβολικά
- επίσης (epísis)(focus) likewise
- υπερβολικά (ypervoliká)(degree) more than enough
Hebrew גַּם, גם כן
- גַּם (gam)(focus) likewise
- גם כן (gam ken)(focus) likewise
- מִדַּי (midáy)(degree) more than enough
Hindi भी, हम
- भी (bhī)(focus) likewise
- हम (ham)(focus) likewise
- बहुत (bahut)(degree) more than enough
- अतीव (atīv)(degree) more than enough
Hungarian is, szintén
- is(focus) likewise
- szintén(focus) likewise
- úgyszintén(focus) likewise
- ugyancsak(focus) likewise
- egyaránt(focus) likewise
- túl(degree) more than enough
- de (igen)(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
- olyan(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
- annyira(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
Icelandic líka, of
- líka(focus) likewise
- of(degree) more than enough
- allt of(degree) more than enough
Indonesian juga, terlalu
- juga(focus) likewise
- terlalu(degree) more than enough
Irish freisin, leis
- freisin(focus) likewise
- leis(focus) likewise
- fosta(focus) likewise
- ró-(degree) more than enough
Italian anche, pure
- anche(focus) likewise
- pure(focus) likewise
- troppo(degree) more than enough
Japanese も, また
- も (mo)(focus) likewise
- また (mata)(focus) likewise
- さらに (sara ni)(focus) likewise
- にも (nimo)(focus) likewise
- …過ぎ (...sugi)(degree) more than enough
- …過ぎる (...sugiru)(degree) more than enough
- …過ぎる (...sugiru)(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
Korean -도, 역시
- -도 (-do)(focus) likewise
- 역시 (yeoksi)(focus) likewise
- 너무 (neomu)(degree) more than enough
Latin etiam, quoque
- etiam(focus) likewise
- quoque(focus) likewise
- et(focus) likewise
- et quidem(focus) likewise
- item(focus) likewise
- idem(focus) likewise
- nimis(degree) more than enough
- nimium(degree) more than enough
Latvian arī, līdz
- arī(focus) likewise
- līdz(degree) more than enough
Lithuanian taip pat, per
- taip pat(focus) likewise
- per(degree) more than enough
- pernelyg(degree) more than enough
Malay juga
- juga(focus) likewise
Māori hoki, anō hoki
- hoki(focus) likewise
- anō hoki(focus) likewise
- anōki(focus) likewise
Norwegian Bokmål også, òg
- også(focus) likewise
- òg(focus) likewise
- med(focus) likewise
- for(degree) more than enough
- altfor(degree) more than enough
Polish też, zbyt
- też(focus) likewise
- zbyt(degree) more than enough
- za(degree) more than enough
Portuguese também, demais
- também(focus) likewise
- demais(degree) more than enough
- excessivamente(degree) more than enough
- demasiadamente(degree) more than enough
Romanian și, deasemenea
- și(focus) likewise
- deasemenea(focus) likewise
- prea(degree) more than enough
Russian та́кже, то́же
- та́кже (tákže)(focus) likewise
- то́же (tóže)(focus) likewise
- сли́шком (slíškom)(degree) more than enough
- чересчу́р (čeresčúr)(degree) more than enough
Scottish Gaelic cuideachd, mar an ceudna
- cuideachd(focus) likewise
- mar an ceudna(focus) likewise
Slovak aj, tiež
- aj(focus) likewise
- tiež(focus) likewise
- príliš(degree) more than enough
Spanish también, demasiado
- también(focus) likewise
- demasiado(degree) more than enough
- demasiadamente(degree) more than enough
- muy(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
- asaz(degree) to a high degree, very — see also very
Swahili pia, sana
- pia(focus) likewise
- sana(degree) more than enough
Swedish också, även
- också(focus) likewise
- även(focus) likewise
- med(focus) likewise
- ock(focus) likewise
- alltför(degree) more than enough
- för(degree) more than enough
- allt för(degree) more than enough
- visst(emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion
Tagalog masyado
- masyado(degree) more than enough
Thai ก็, ยัง
- ก็ (gɔ̂)(focus) likewise
- ยัง (yang)(focus) likewise
- ด้วย (dûai)(focus) likewise
- เกิน (gəən)(degree) more than enough
- ไป (bpai)(degree) more than enough
- เกินไป (gəən-bpai)(degree) more than enough
- มากไป (mâak-bpai)(degree) more than enough
Turkish de, da
- de(focus) likewise
- da(focus) likewise
- çok(degree) more than enough
- fazla(degree) more than enough
- aşırı(degree) more than enough
Ukrainian теж, тако́ж
- теж (tež)(focus) likewise
- тако́ж (takóž)(focus) likewise
- за (za)(degree) more than enough
- на́дто (nádto)(degree) more than enough
- зана́дто (zanádto)(degree) more than enough
Urdu بھی, بَہُت
- بھی (bhī)(focus) likewise
- بَہُت (bahut)(degree) more than enough
Vietnamese cũng, quá
- cũng(focus) likewise
- quá(degree) more than enough
Welsh hefyd, yn ogystal
- hefyd(focus) likewise
- yn ogystal(focus) likewise
- rhy(degree) more than enough
Yiddish צו
- צו (tsu)(degree) more than enough
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with too
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
too. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too
“too.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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