just

Speech parts

1. just - Noun

2. just - Adjective

3. just - Verb

4. just - Adverb

5. just - Interjection

7. just - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.

Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.

Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.

Closely; nearly; almost.

Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

To joust.

A joust.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

equitable simply proper merely fair only right exactly barely hardly upright honest righteous scarcely precisely
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Antonyms

unjust ultra super almighty black about
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Phrases with the word

just in case just the job just the thing just around the corner just the facts just deserts

Examples

The saints aren't made from other material, they're humans just like us. In this they differ: they took seriously the question of their salvation. Seraphim of Sarov

For animals, man is like God. Just as we ask God for help, they ask man for help. Paisios of Mount Athos

A dog will not leave its owner just because he is poor. Chinese Proverb

Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. English Proverb

Just because a loan is old, that does not make it a gift. Hungarian Proverb

we hardly knew them Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

jussively jussivity Jussy just a beard just a break just a car