100 Other Ways to Say “Not really”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	A bit doubtful	Somewhat unconvinced.
2.	Ain’t really	Not really (informal).
3.	Almost never	Very rarely.
4.	Almost, but no	Nearly, yet not.
5.	As if	I don’t believe it.
6.	Barely	Only just; hardly.
7.	Can’t say so	I wouldn’t claim that.
8.	Close, but not quite	Nearly correct, not fully.
9.	Could be, but unlikely	Possible, yet doubtful.
10.	Doesn’t seem so	Appears not true.
11.	Don’t think so	I believe not.
12.	Doubt it	I don’t believe so.
13.	Eh, not exactly	Not precisely so.
14.	Far from it	Quite the opposite.
15.	Hardly	Almost not at all.
16.	I don’t think so	I believe not.
17.	I guess not	Probably not.
18.	I wouldn’t say so	I wouldn’t agree.
19.	I’m not convinced	I doubt it.
20.	I’m not sure	Uncertain.
21.	I’m skeptical	I doubt it.
22.	If you say so, but no	I disagree politely.
23.	In a manner, no	Sort of, but not.
24.	It doesn’t add up	Seems incorrect.
25.	It’s debatable	Open to doubt.
26.	It’s not that simple	More complicated than that.
27.	It’s not true	That’s false.
28.	Kinda not	Somewhat no.
29.	Less than you think	Not as much.
30.	More no than yes	Mostly no.
31.	Nah	No.
32.	Nah, not really	No, not much.
33.	Near enough? Not quite	Almost, yet short.
34.	No	Negative response.
35.	No chance	Definitely not.
36.	No, not exactly	Not precisely.
37.	No, not quite	Not fully.
38.	No, not really	Not much.
39.	Nope	No.
40.	Not a lot	Not much.
41.	Not as such	Not in that way.
42.	Not at all	Not in any way.
43.	Not by a long shot	Not even close.
44.	Not especially	Not particularly.
45.	Not even close	Very far off.
46.	Not exactly	Not precisely true.
47.	Not from my view	I don’t see it.
48.	Not if you ask me	In my opinion, no.
49.	Not in my book	Not in my opinion.
50.	Not in my experience	I haven’t found that.
51.	Not in that sense	Not that way.
52.	Not in the slightest	Not at all.
53.	Not likely	Unlikely.
54.	Not much	Only a little.
55.	Not necessarily	Not always true.
56.	Not particularly	Not especially.
57.	Not quite	Almost, but no.
58.	Not really	Only slightly; not much.
59.	Not really, no	No, not much.
60.	Not so	That’s incorrect.
61.	Not so much	Not very much.
62.	Not sure about that	I doubt it.
63.	Not that I know of	I’m unaware of it.
64.	Not that much	Not to that extent.
65.	Not the case	That’s incorrect.
66.	Not to my knowledge	I don’t know that.
67.	Not to that extent	Not that much.
68.	Not unless…	Only under conditions.
69.	Not very	To a small degree.
70.	Only a little	Just slightly.
71.	Only barely	Just enough; hardly.
72.	Only in part	Partly true.
73.	Only slightly	To a small extent.
74.	Pretty much no	Basically no.
75.	Probably not	Likely no.
76.	Questionable	Doubtful.
77.	Rarely	Not often.
78.	Seldom	Not often.
79.	So-so, but no	Middling; not really.
80.	Somewhat, but no	Partly, yet not.
81.	Sort of, but not	Partly, but no.
82.	That’s a no	Negative answer.
83.	That’s a stretch	Unconvincing claim.
84.	That’s doubtful	Unlikely to be true.
85.	That’s not happening	It won’t occur.
86.	That’s not it	That’s incorrect.
87.	That’s not quite it	Not exactly correct.
88.	That’s not quite right	Slightly wrong.
89.	That’s not really it	Not the right idea.
90.	That’s not really true	Not truly accurate.
91.	That’s not the point	Not relevant.
92.	That’s not the vibe	Not like that (informal).
93.	That’s not the way	Not that approach.
94.	That’s not what I mean	You misunderstood.
95.	That’s off	That’s incorrect.
96.	That’s overstating it	Too strong a claim.
97.	That’s pretty unlikely	Probably not true.
98.	That’s questionable	Uncertain or doubtful.
99.	That’s reaching	Unlikely interpretation.
100.	That’s too much	Overstated.