just
just is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, adverb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
- adverb. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
- adverb. Closely; nearly; almost.
- adverb. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
- intransitive verb. To joust.
- noun. A joust.
- adjective. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
"a fair referee"
"fair deal"
- adjective. fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
"equitable treatment of all citizens"
"an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
- adjective. used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting- A.Lincoln
"a just and lasting peace"
"a kind and just man"
- adjective. of moral excellence
"a genuinely good person"
"a just cause"
- adverb. only a very short time before- W.B.Yeats
"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
- adverb. exactly at this moment or the moment described
"we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them"
- adverb. and nothing more
"I was merely asking"
"it is simply a matter of time"
- adverb. only a moment ago
"he has just arrived"
"the sun just now came out"
- adverb. indicating exactness or preciseness
"he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"
"it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"
- adverb. absolutely
"I just can't take it anymore"
"he was just grand as Romeo"
Synonyms
fair, equitable, good, upright, barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely, but, merely, only, simply, exactly, precisely
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in just:
Common word forms
justs, justed, justen, juster, justly, justest, justing, justment, justness
Words from these letters
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