What does were mean?
Were means second-person singular simple past indicative of be.
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/wə(ɹ)/ · verb
second-person singular simple past indicative of be.
John, you were the only person to see him.
We were about to leave.
Mary and John, you were right.
They were a fine group.
They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
I wish that it were Sunday.
I wish that I were with you.
Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...) Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)
Use were when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Were means second-person singular simple past indicative of be.
Common synonyms include wast, wert.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
John, you were the only person to see him.
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