just

adj

1. fair, impartial, fair-minded, equitable, even, even-handed; unbiased, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, unprejudiced, open-minded, neutral, tolerant; uninfluenced, unswayed, unbigoted, unwarped, undistorted.

2. upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding, noble; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high-minded, right-minded, uncorrupt; good, sincere, true, earnest, conscientious, scrupulous; honest, truthful, veracious, straight, Inf. square, Inf. fair and square; straightforward, candid, open, aboveboard.

3. rightful, right, lawful, legitimate, Inf. kosher, legal, licit; constitutional, statutory; valid, justified, sound, well-founded, well-grounded, substantial, solid, firm; justifiable, defensible, warrantable, vindicate, supportable, reasonable; judicious, well-advised, sensible, wise.

4. true, truthful, veracious, honest, authentic, bona fide; correct, factual, actual, literal, true-to-life, true-to-form; accurate, exact, precise, close, faithful, strict; flawless, faultless, perfect, defectless, errorless, iner-rant.

5. deserved, merited, earned; rightful, proper, due; well-deserved, (of punishment) condign, fitting, appropriate, apt, suitable, meet.

adv

6. only now, but a moment before, a moment ago; recently, lately, not long ago, a short time ago.

7. exactly, precisely.

8. barely, hardly, scarcely, Dial. scantly, only just; by a narrow margin, Inf. by the skin of one’s teeth, by a hair's breadth, by a little bit, by an inch.

9. only, merely, solely, simply; but, nothing but, no more than, at most.

10. actually, in reality, really, truly; positively, absolutely, without a doubt, indubitably, certainly, definitely.