maybe

Meanings

Adverb

• Perhaps that is true .

Adjective

• Possible; uncertain.

Noun

• Something that is possibly true.
• An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.
• A future event that may or may not happen.

Related

Similar words

• mayhaps, peradventure, perhaps, possibly
• could be, mayhaps, might be, perhaps, possibly, that’s possible
• perhaps

Origin

• From an ellipsis of it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap.