as well

See also: aswell

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) aswell, (obsolete) aswel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æzwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
• IPA^(key): /æzˈwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
• IPA^(key): /əzˈwɛl/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Adverb

as well (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) In addition; also.

   Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella, as well.

2. To the same effect.

   They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.

   • 1898, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics:

     There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of the female liver.

3. (South Africa) Me too.
4. (UK, colloquial) An intensifier.

   Would you though? / I would as well.

Usage notes

• In Canada, it may be used either at the start of a phrase or at the end.
• The South African use is stressed on “as”.

Coordinate terms

• (also or equally): no less

Derived terms

• as well as
• may as well
• might as well

Translations

in addition, also

• Afrikaans: ook (af)
• Arabic: أَيْضًا (ar) (ʔayḍan)
• Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎšto)
• Catalan: també (ca), així com (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 都 (zh) (dōu), ^{(please verify)} 也 (zh) (yě), ^{(please verify)} 並／并 (zh) (bìng), ^{(please verify)} 還／还 (zh) (hái), ^{(please verify)} 以及 (zh) (yǐjí), ^{(please verify)} 亦 (zh) (yì) (rare, formal)

• Czech: rovněž (cs)
• Dalmatian: anca
• Danish: også (da)
• Dutch: ook (nl)
• Egyptian: (mjtt)
• Estonian: samuti (et), ka (et)
• Faroese: eisini
• Finnish: myös (fi), lisäksi (fi), -kin (fi)
• French: aussi (fr), ^{(please verify)} autant que (fr)
• Friulian: ancje
• Georgian: ასევე (ka) (aseve), აგრეთვე (ka) (agretve), -ც (-c)
• German: auch (de), ^{(please verify)} sowie (de)
• Greek: επίσης (el) (epísis), κιόλας (el) (kiólas)
• Hebrew: כמו (he) (Kmo)
• Icelandic: líka (is)
• Indonesian: juga (id)
• Ingrian: kera, tože
• Irish: freisin, chomh maith, fosta (ga), leis
• Istriot: anca
• Italian: anche (it)
• Japanese: も (ja) (mo), ^{(please verify)} 及び (ja) (および, oyobi)
• Korean: 도 (-do), 또한 (ko) (ttohan), 역시(亦是) (ko) (yeoksi)
• Navajo: dóʼ
• Norman: étout (Jersey, Guernsey), itou (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian: også (no)
• Plautdietsch: uk
• Polish: też (pl), także (pl)
• Portuguese: também (pt)
• Russian: та́кже (ru) (tákže), ^{(please verify)} и ... и ... (ru) (i ... i ...)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
• Spanish: también (es)
• Swedish: likaså (sv), också (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เช่นเดียวกัน (chên dieow gan)
• Tocharian B: rano
• Turkish: de (tr), da (tr)
• Ukrainian: тако́ж (uk) (takóž), ще (uk) (šče), теж (tež)
• Venetian: anca (vec)

to the same effect

• Afrikaans: ook (af)
• Bulgarian: също добре (sǎšto dobre)
• Catalan: igualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: lige så godt
• Dutch: net zo goed
• Estonian: samahästi
• Finnish: yhtä hyvin, aivan sama, samalla vaivalla, -han (fi), -hän (fi)
• French: tout aussi bien, aussi bien (fr)
• Georgian: ასევე (ka) (aseve), აგრეთვე (ka) (agretve)
• German: genauso gut
• Italian: allo stesso modo
• Korean: 그럴 바에 (geureol ba-e)
• Malagasy: ihany koa
• Polish: równie dobrze
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: хоть ..., хоть ... (ru) (xotʹ ..., xotʹ ...)
• Scottish Gaelic: a cheart cho math
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: так са́мо (uk) (tak sámo), теж (tež)

References

• “as well”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Sewall