unco
1 of 3adjective
un·co ˈəŋ-(ˌ)kō 
-kə
1
chiefly Scotland
a
: strange, unknown
b
: uncanny, weird
2
chiefly Scotland : extraordinary
unco
2 of 3adverb
: extremely, remarkably, uncommonly
you keep your room unco hot
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3 of 3noun
plural uncos
1
uncos plural, chiefly Scotland : news, tidings
2
chiefly Scotland : stranger
Synonyms
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Noun
- 411 [slang]
- advice(s)
- gen [chiefly British]
- info
- information
- intelligence
- item
- news
- story
- tidings
- word
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Adverb has written an unco fine novel about the war
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English (Scots) unkow, alteration of Middle English uncouth
First Known Use
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adverb
1721, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1
unco
adverb
as in extremely
to a great degree has written an unco fine novel about the war Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- extremely
- terribly
- damned
- very
- incredibly
- too
- damn
- jolly
- highly
- so
- badly
- severely
- super
- desperately
- that
- intensely
- wildly
- really
- mighty
- awfully
- seriously
- full
- frightfully
- exceedingly
- wicked
- fiercely
- exceptionally
- sore
- far
- uncommonly
- most
- real
- greatly
- such
- awful
- heavily
- supremely
- achingly
- much
- good and
- eminently
- archly
- filthy
- deadly
- fantastically
- utterly
- dang
- vitally
- fabulously
- particularly
- almighty
- mortally
- especially
- surpassingly
- extra
- hugely
- totally
- immensely
- absolutely
- stinking
- sorely
- exceeding
- roaringly
- beastly
- way
- rattling
- remarkably
- specially
- thoroughly
- whacking
- corking
- monstrous
- wholly
- enormously
- bone
- a lot
- spanking
- passing
- roaring
- deeply
- positively
- cracking
- entirely
- mightily
- thumping
- completely
- blisteringly
- colossally
- downright
- vastly
- majorly
- fully
- ever
- profoundly
- right
- visibly
- radically
- considerably
- significantly
- noticeably
- palpably
- as all get-out
- purely
- excessively
- obviously
- substantially
- astonishingly
- plainly
- plentifully
- altogether
- notably
- markedly
- extensively
- monstrously
- amazingly
- overmuch
- monumentally
- discernibly
- abundantly
- obscenely
- staggeringly
- appreciably
- flat-out
- grandly
- astronomically
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- somewhat
- little
- slightly
- nominally
- scarcely
- just
- hardly
- negligibly
- scantily
- meagerly
- minimally
- barely
- marginally