some

  • (a) quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
    • have some milk
    • some roses were still blooming
    • having some friends over
    • some apples
    • some paper
  • (r) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    • lasted approximately an hour
    • in just about a minute
    • he's about 30 years old
    • I've had about all I can stand
    • we meet about once a month
    • some forty people came
    • weighs around a hundred pounds
    • roughly $3,000
    • holds 3 gallons, more or less
    • 20 or so people were at the party
    about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, around,
  • (s) relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
    • we talked for some time
    • he was still some distance away
  • (s) relatively many but unspecified in number
    • they were here for some weeks
    • we did not meet again for some years
  • (s) remarkable
    • that was some party
    • she is some skier

Synonyms

about approximately close to just about more or less or so roughly around

Antonyms

no all

See also

few many

Words of close approximity

soma
sob sod soh sol som Son SOP SOS sot sou sow soy
soak soap soar sock soda sofa soft Soho soil soja sold sole solo soma sone song soon soot soph sops sorb sore sort souk soul soup sour sown soya
somebody someday somehow someone some other someplace somersault somersaulting somerset Somerset Maugham somesthesia somesthesis sometime sometimes someway someways somewhat somewhere