Collocations for "so"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "so" in context.
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so
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- this [music, book] is so [good, amazing, bad]
- this [food, dish] tastes so [good]
- it is so [difficult, challenging, easy]
- it is so important that you [go, begin, try]
- how could I have been so [stupid, naive]
- [people, children] can be so [cruel, mean]
- she wasn't [sleeping, feeling] so well
- don't [walk, drive, speak] so fast
- thank you so much
- is so much more than [that, just]
- and so much more
- so many (different) [kinds, options, possibilities]
- she [passed] and so did I
- so, [what shall we do, what do you say]?
- so, [anyway, as I was saying]
- so what?
- because I said so
- doing so will [help me greatly, prevent future errors]
- it seems so
- this [music, book] is so [good, amazing, bad]
- this [food, dish] tastes so [good]
- it is so [difficult, challenging, easy]
- it is so important that you [go, begin, try]
- how could I have been so [stupid, naive]
- [people, children] can be so [cruel, mean]
- she wasn't [sleeping, feeling] so well
- don't [walk, drive, speak] so fast
- thank you so much
- is so much more than [that, just]
- and so much more
- so many (different) [kinds, options, possibilities]
- and rightly so
- it seems so
- because I said so
- yes, I [think, thought] so
- yes, so [I thought, you said]
- I don't think so
- doing so will [help me greatly, prevent future errors]
- and so it shall be
- she [passed] and so did I
- ah, so it [is, says, does]!
- even so, he [passed, managed, came]
- so, [what shall we do, what do you say]?
- so, [anyway, as I was saying]
- so what?
'so' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP
- British
- aback
- absent
- accent
- accomplishment
- account
- adorable
- advertising
- affectionate
- agenda
- aggressive
- ago
- air
- alike
- aloof
- amused
- amusing
- anguish
- annoyance
- annoyed
- annoying
- answer
- anxiety
- anxious
- anyhow
- apart
- appalled
- apparently
- appealing
- arrange
- arrangement
- arrogant
- ashamed
- assured
- attachment
- awesome
- backward
- bad-tempered
- badass
- badly
- basically
- basketball
- be
- beautiful
- beauty
- believe
- better
- bland
- bleeding