thereabouts
/ˈðɛːrəbaʊts
/ /ðɛːrəˈbaʊts/(also thereabout)
adverb
1Near that place: the land is dry in places thereabouts...
- The water is extra salty in the ocean thereabouts, and the midday sun is fierce so near the equator.
- He is actually of an alternate dimension where everyone has pure, icy blue hypnotic eyes, and the beings that exist thereabouts communicate through a sort of musical telepathy.
- For the older people, like myself, they will know him because he ran a plumbing business at the bottom of Amberley Street or thereabouts.
Synonyms
near there, around there, about there
1.1Used to indicate that a date or figure is approximate: the notes were written in 1860 or thereabouts...
- If nobody won the jackpot (back then) it was then multiplied by two for the next draw, thereby sending up the jackpot to $2 million or thereabouts.
- That's a saving of $232 million or thereabouts.
- A knock on the door came about five minutes later, at one o'clock, or thereabouts.
Synonyms
approximately (that number/quantity), or so, or something like that, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, give or take a bit, in round numbers, not far off;
British getting on for;
Latin circa
North American informal in the ballpark of
