'at any rate' definitions:
Definition of 'at any rate'
From: WordNet
adverb
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event]
adverb
Synonyms of 'at any rate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutely,
- after a fashion,
- after all,
- again,
- albeit,
- all the same,
- although,
- and no mistake,
- anyhow,
- anyway,
- anywise,
- appreciably,
- assuredly,
- at all,
- at all events,
- at best,
- at least,
- at most,
- at the least,
- at the most,
- at the outside,
- at worst,
- but,
- by all means,
- by any means,
- certainly,
- clearly,
- comparatively,
- decidedly,
- decisively,
- definitely,
- detectably,
- distinctly,
- even,
- even so,
- fairly,
- for a certainty,
- for a fact,
- for all that,
- for certain,
- for sure,
- forsooth,
- howbeit,
- however,
- in a manner,
- in a way,
- in any case,
- in any event,
- in any way,
- in part,
- in some measure,
- in truth,
- incompletely,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- irregardless,
- just the same,
- leastwise,
- merely,
- mildly,
- moderately,
- modestly,
- most assuredly,
- most certainly,
- nevertheless,
- nohow,
- nonetheless,
- not comprehensively,
- not exhaustively,
- nothing else but,
- notwithstanding,
- of course,
- only,
- part,
- partially,
- partly,
- positively,
- pro tanto,
- purely,
- rather,
- regardless,
- relatively,
- simply,
- so far,
- somewhat,
- still,
- surely,
- though,
- thus far,
- to a certainty,
- to a degree,
- to some degree,
- tolerably,
- truly,
- unequivocally,
- unmistakably,
- visibly,
- when,
- yet
Words containing 'at any rate'
- Rate,
- Rated,
- Rating,
- rates,
- A cut in rates,
- At a round rate,
- Church rate,
- County rates,
- Death rate,
- Life rate,
- Poor rate,
- To cut rates,
- To rate a chronometer,
- Water rate,
- absentee rate,
- at an equal rate,
- attrition rate,
- bank rate,
- bargain rate,
- base rate,
- baud rate,
- birth rate,
- bond rating,
- credit rating,
- crime rate,
- cut rate,
- data rate,
- depreciation rate,
- discount rate,
- dose rate,
- exchange rate,
- excursion rate,
- fatality rate,
- fertility rate,
- first rate,
- flow rate,
- freight rate,
- growth rate,
- heart rate,
- inflation rate,
- installment rate,
- interest rate,
- metabolic rate,
- military rating,
- mortality rate,
- nyquist rate,
- occupancy rate,
- octane rating,
- pay rate,
- payment rate,
- poor rates,
- pulse rate,
- rate of attrition,
- rate of depreciation,
- rate of exchange,
- rate of flow,
- rate of growth,
- rate of inflation,
- rate of interest,
- rate of pay,
- rate of payment,
- rate of respiration,
- rate of return,
- rating system,
- repayment rate,
- respiratory rate,
- room rate,
- sampling rate,
- second rate,
- sed rate,
- sedimentation rate,
- tax rate,
- third rate,
- turnover rate,
- unemployment rate,
- vacancy rate,
- Dun and Bradstreet rating,
- First-rate,
- Second-rate,
- basal metabolic rate,
- cut-rate,
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate,
- fuel consumption rate,
- infant mortality rate,
- neonatal mortality rate,
- postal rate commission,
- prime interest rate,
- third-rate,
- water-rate,
- x-rated,
- Variable-rate mortgage,
- cut cut-rate,
- cut-rate sale