100 Words to Use Instead of “Basically”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Abridged	Shortened to essentials.
2.	Accordingly	As a result; therefore.
3.	Actually	In fact; really.
4.	All in all	Considering everything.
5.	Altogether	On the whole; overall.
6.	As it happens	In fact; as it turns out.
7.	As such	In that capacity; therefore.
8.	At a glance	On quick view; broadly.
9.	At base	At the foundation; essentially.
10.	At bottom	In essence; fundamentally.
11.	At core	At the center; essentially.
12.	At heart	In essence; fundamentally.
13.	At its simplest	In simplest terms.
14.	Barely more than	Almost nothing but.
15.	Broadly	In general terms.
16.	By and large	Generally; on the whole.
17.	By definition	By meaning; inherently.
18.	Chiefly	Mainly; primarily.
19.	Clearly	Obviously; plainly.
20.	Concisely	In few words.
21.	Conclusively	In a decisive way.
22.	Core to it	Central to the matter.
23.	Crucially	In an essential way.
24.	Decidedly	Unmistakably; definitely.
25.	Down to	Reduced to; essentially.
26.	Effectively	In effect; practically.
27.	Essentially	In essence; fundamentally.
28.	Even so	Nevertheless; still.
29.	Explicitly	Stated clearly; directly.
30.	Fact is	The truth is.
31.	First and foremost	Most importantly.
32.	For all intents	Practically speaking.
33.	For practical purposes	In practice; effectively.
34.	Frankly	To be honest; plainly.
35.	Fundamentally	At the most basic level.
36.	Generally	In most cases.
37.	Given that	Considering that.
38.	In a word	In short.
39.	In brief	In short; succinctly.
40.	In effect	Essentially; practically.
41.	In essence	In its basic nature.
42.	In fact	Actually; truly.
43.	In general	Generally speaking.
44.	In other words	Stated differently.
45.	In outline	In broad terms.
46.	In plain terms	Without jargon; simply.
47.	In practice	In real use; effectively.
48.	In principle	In theory; essentially.
49.	In short	Briefly; to summarize.
50.	In simple terms	Simply explained.
51.	In sum	To summarize.
52.	In the main	For the most part.
53.	In truth	Truly; honestly.
54.	Invariably	Always; without exception.
55.	Just	Simply; merely.
56.	Largely	Mostly; chiefly.
57.	Mainly	For the most part.
58.	Merely	Only; simply.
59.	More or less	Approximately; essentially.
60.	Most importantly	Above all; chiefly.
61.	Most often	In most cases.
62.	Namely	That is; specifically.
63.	Naturally	As expected; of course.
64.	Needless to say	Obviously; unsurprisingly.
65.	No more than	Only; merely.
66.	Notably	In a notable way.
67.	Notionally	In theory; nominally.
68.	Objectively	Without bias; fact-based.
69.	Of course	As expected; certainly.
70.	On balance	All things considered.
71.	On the whole	Overall; generally.
72.	Ostensibly	Apparently; on the surface.
73.	Overall	Taking everything together.
74.	Overarchingly	In an overarching way.
75.	Overwhelmingly	To a great extent.
76.	Pared down	Reduced to essentials.
77.	Plainly	Clearly; obviously.
78.	Practically	In effect; almost.
79.	Predominantly	Mostly; mainly.
80.	Primarily	Mainly; chiefly.
81.	Principally	Mainly; for the most part.
82.	Put another way	Rephrased; in other words.
83.	Put simply	To say it simply.
84.	Realistically	In practical terms.
85.	Really	In fact; actually.
86.	Reduced to	Brought down to essentials.
87.	Roughly	Approximately; generally.
88.	Simply	In a straightforward way.
89.	Simply put	Put simply; in short.
90.	So to speak	In a manner of speaking.
91.	Strictly speaking	In exact terms.
92.	Substantially	In large part.
93.	Summarily	Briefly; without detail.
94.	Surely	Certainly; undoubtedly.
95.	Technically	In strict terms.
96.	The gist is	The main point is.
97.	To be clear	To clarify; plainly.
98.	To be frank	Frankly; honestly.
99.	To boil it down	To reduce to essentials.
100.	To simplify	To make simpler.