Synonyms for by by
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for by by Other synonyms for the word by by
- a while later
- afresh
- after
- after a while
- after all
- after while
- aftertime
- afterward
- afterwhile
- anon
- another time
- any minute now
- as a conclusion
- at a later date
- at a later time
- at another time
- at last
- at long last
- at the close
- attendant
- back
- before long
- before you know it
- behind
- betimes
- bis
- by and by
- climactically
- closely
- come again
- come Sunday
- coming after
- coming down the pike
- coming next
- coming up
- consequent
- consequential
- consequently
- directly
- directly after
- down the line
- down the pike
- down the road
- encore
- ensuingly
- ere long
- eternity
- eventually
- expectation
- expeditiously
- fast
- fate
- finally
- fleetly
- following
- forthwith
- freshly
- fundamentally
- futurity
- hastily
- henceforth
- hereafter
- hinder
- immediately
- in a little while
- in a minute
- in a moment
- in a second
- in a short time
- in a while
- in conclusion
- in consummation
- in due time
- in future
- in pursuit
- in search of
- in short order
- in the aftermath
- in the end
- in the sequel
- in the wake of
- in time
- infinity
- infra
- instantly
- intra
- late
- later
- later on
- latter
- latterly
- lickety-split
- life to come
- millennium
- more recent
- morrow
- newly
- next
- next off
- now
- nowadays
- offing
- on the next day
- on the scent
- on time
- once more
- one more time
- outlook
- over
- over and over
- post hoc
- posterior
- posterity
- posthaste
- presently
- pretty soon
- promptly
- pronto
- prospect
- proximate
- proximately
- pursuing
- quick
- quickly
- rapidly
- rear
- recurrently
- reiteratively
- repeatedly
- resulting
- sequent
- sequential
- sequentially
- serial
- seriate
- short
- shortly
- someday
- sometime
- somewhere
- soon
- sooner or later
- specified
- speedily
- subsequent
- subsequent time
- subsequently
- succeeding
- successive
- supervenient
- then
- thereafter
- thereon
- to be
- today
- tomorrow
- trailing
- ultimately
- when
- without delay
- world to come
- yet
Définition of by by
Origin :- Old English be- (unstressed) or bi (stressed) "near, in, by, during, about," from Proto-Germanic *bi "around, about" (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian bi "by near," Middle Dutch bie, Dutch bij, German bei "by, at, near," Gothic bi "about"), from *umbi (cognate with second element in PIE *ambhi "around," cf. Sanskrit abhi "toward, to," Greek amphi- "around, about;" see ambi-).
- Originally an adverbial particle of place, in which sense it is retained in place names (Whitby, Grimsby, etc.). Elliptical use for "secondary course" (opposed to main; e.g. byway, also cf. by-blow "illegitimate child," 1590s) was in Old English. This also is the sense of the second by in the phrase by the by (1610s). By the way literally means "in passing by" (mid-14c.); used figuratively to introduce a tangential observation by 1540s.
- Phrase by and by (early 14c.) originally meant "one by one," modern sense is from 1520s. By and large (1660s) originally was nautical, "sailing to the wind and off it," hence "in one direction then another."
- As in following : adj happening, being next or after
- As in later : adv happening after
- As in next : adv immediately after in time, space, order
- As in presently : adv in a short while
- As in shortly : adv right away
- As in soon : adv in the near future
- As in subsequently : adv afterward
- As in ultimately : adv eventually
- As in ulteriorly : adv later
- As in afterward/afterwards : adv following a time, event
- As in again : adv another time; repeated
- As in future : noun time to come
Antonyms for by by
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