it may be

Synonyms

might perhaps possibly potentially maybe perchance peradventure mayhap

Antonyms

wheresoever by hook or by crook all right sure as shooting

Examples

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse. Ambrose

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. Margaret Thatcher

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one. American Proverb

Home is home, however poor it may be. Welsh Proverb

Today it may be a fire, tomorrow it will be ashes. Arabic Proverb

Words in the phrase

it may be

Close letter words and terms

it makes me sick it makes one laugh it makes sense it may be that it me it means