If not
If not adverb - Perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than.
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Synonyms for If not
Were it not and if not are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Were it not" with "If not", this phrases are similar.
Were it not
If not and were it not are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "If not" with "Were it not", this phrases are similar.
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Ultimate Job Security: Chauvelin's persistent failure to catch the Pimpernel would have had him dismissed from his job if not executed — were it not that he's the only man in the French government who knows the Pimpernel's secret identity.
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Were it not and If not. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/were_it_not
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Were it not or If not. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/were_it_not.
