Synonyms for SOME
sʌm; unstressed səmsome

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1. somepronoun

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   no, many, much, none

2. somepronoun

   Of a measurement; approximately, roughly

   I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   none, much, no, many

3. somepronoun

   An unspecified quantity or number of.

   Would you like some grapes?

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   none, no, many, much

4. somepronoun

   An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

   Would you like some water?

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   none, many, much, no

5. somepronoun

   A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   no, none, many, much

6. somepronoun

   A considerable quantity or number of.

   He had edited the paper for some years.

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   much, many, none, no

7. somepronoun

   a remarkable.

   He is some acrobat!

   Synonyms:
   a few

   Antonyms:
   no, many, none, much

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. some(a)adjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   few, little(a), ordinary, slight

2. some(a)adjective

   relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent

   "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"

   Antonyms:
   slight, ordinary, little(a), few

3. some(a)adjective

   relatively many but unspecified in number

   "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"

   Antonyms:
   few, ordinary, slight, little(a)

4. someadverb

   remarkable

   "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

   Synonyms:
   some(a)

   Antonyms:
   slight, ordinary, few, little(a)

5. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, approximately, around, close to, round

   Antonyms:
   few, little(a), slight, ordinary

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   more or less, a certain quantity of, a certain number of

2. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   one (indefinitely), a, an, any

3. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   about, near

4. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   several, a considerable number

5. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   some people, some persons

6. someadjective

   Synonyms:
   a part, a portion

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "some":

   certain, approximately, around, selected, few, number, nearly, roughly, specific

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How to use SOME in a sentence?

1. Andre Bakhos:

   Until we get some sort of tangible answers to what the (Trump) administration is going to do with China, this is going to be an overhang on the market, creating plenty of sharp swings.

2. Jerry Shum:

   Due to changes in the economic environment, we need to reorganise some of the production, as a consequence, workers are not very happy to see the change in the production...and that led to some disagreement.

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

4. Art Caplan:

   The people who come to the rally, they don't care about them except as a photo op, because they're going to kill some of them and some of their family and friends, what we're seeing is pure propaganda that is damaging to the American people.

5. El Monte:

   We realized that the windows were not smashed, that they had actually blown out from some type of explosion.