'Thereabouts' definitions:
Definition of 'thereabouts'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts" [syn: thereabout, thereabouts]
adverb
Near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks" [syn: thereabout, thereabouts]
Definition of 'Thereabouts'
From: GCIDE
- Thereabout \There"a*bout`\, Thereabouts \There"a*bouts`\, adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]
- 1. Near that place. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. [1913 Webster]
- Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Some three months since, or thereabout. --Suckling. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Concerning that; about that. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- They were much perplexed thereabout. --Luke xxiv. 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thereabouts'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about,
- along toward,
- around,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- fast by,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- in spitting distance,
- in that place,
- in that vicinity,
- in those parts,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- only a step,
- there,
- thereabout,
- thereat,
- thither,
- thitherward,
- thitherwards,
- to that place,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach