BUT Synonyms

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

• the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

• used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

• fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• and nothing more

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• only a moment ago

• (used for emphasis) absolutely

• only a very short time before

• possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)

• exactly at this moment or the moment described

• by a little

• of moral excellence

• and nothing more

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• and nothing more

• without any others being included or involved

• with nevertheless the final result

• in the final outcome

• except that

• never except when

• as recently as

• being the only one; single and isolated from others

• exclusive of anyone or anything else

• and nothing more

• (used for emphasis) absolutely

• absolutely; altogether; really

• in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment

• up to the present time

• used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

• to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

• within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

• used after a superlative

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

• But, except.

• object to

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• prevent from entering; shut out

• lack or fail to include

• prevent from entering; keep out

• put out or expel from a place

• Except on a specified condition; if not.

• If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.

• Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.

• Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without.

• Lacking something.

• In prostitution: without a condom being worn.

• Outside of, beyond.

• Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.

• Not doing or not having done something.

• Unless, except (introducing a clause).

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally

• a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores