Some

//sʌm//

Synonyms for "some" (164 found)

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Closest matches (33)

approximately a about adept adroit all but almost an and change any any amount anything apt

Determiner(1 words)

any

Suffix(9 words)

-ly -ass -esque -form -ish -like -odd -oid -something

Pronoun(1 words)

a few

Adverb(5 words)

about all but almost approaching around

Adverb(3 words)

about approximately around

Phrase(1 words)

and change

Strong matches (49)

artistic as good as aught authoritative both bravura brilliant certain circa clean clever composite coordinated crack crackerjack cunning cute daedal daedalian deft

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dexterous dextrous diplomatic divers excellent expert extraordinary fairly fancy few good goodish graceful handy ingenious just about

Adverb(11 words)

by and large circa close close to essentially for all practical purposes fornigh give or take imprecisely ish just about

Adverb(2 words)

close to just about

Related words (82)

kind of magisterial many masterful masterly measured moderately more more or less more than one most much nearly neat no mean nondescript not singular numerous one part

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Adverb(18 words)

kind of loosely more or less near nearabout nearly nigh on odd or so plus or minus roughly roundly say sort of thereabout virtually well-nigh ±

Adverb(3 words)

more or less or so roughly

Determiner(2 words)

one or two some kind of

Prefix(2 words)

para-quasi-

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

2 entries

multiple various

Antonyms

6 entries

all many much no none

Synonyms

2 entries

approximately few

Related terms

1 entries

quantifier

capable of

3 entries

hold demonstration marry for money reason with others

coordinate

1 entries

one

derived

56 entries

all and some and then some at some point bang some heads together buy some time by some distance come get some for some reason for some time get some if ever there were some in some places of some use other some othersome quite some

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desires

1 entries

drink while eating

distinct from

1 entries

all

etymologically related_to

2 entries

chromosome same

has a

2 entries

collars don graves

receives action

1 entries

found in cookies

related to

28 entries

amount and change approximately body certain characterized chromosome condition considerable few indefinite many number odd ome part

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similar

14 entries

any both extraordinary few many much several whatever whatsoever

Translations

546 translations across 91 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

горэ pron (a certain number)

Arabic

4 entries

بعض det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
بَعْضٌ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
أكم pron (a certain number)
بعض pron (a certain number)

Armenian

4 entries

մոտ adv (approximately, roughly)
ինչ-որ det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
մի det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
մի քանի det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Aromanian

1 entries

nishti det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Asturian

1 entries

dellos pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bəzi det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
hansısa det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
bir neçə pron (indefinite quantity or number)
bir qədər pron (indefinite amount, part)

Baluchi

1 entries

لہتے det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Belarusian

4 entries

не́йкі det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
некато́ры det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
які́-не́будзь det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
які́сь det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Bengali

3 entries

একটু pron (a certain number)
একটু pron (indefinite quantity or number)
একটু pron (indefinite amount, part)

Bulgarian

4 entries

около adv (approximately, roughly)
доста det (considerable quantity or number of)
има-няма det ((stressed form) approximately, about (with a number))
какъв det (informal: remarkable)

Burmese

4 entries

တချို့ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
အချို့ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
တချို့ pron (indefinite quantity or number)
အချို့ pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

дакілько pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Catalan

4 entries

al voltant de adv (approximately, roughly)
sobre adv (approximately, roughly)
vora adv (approximately, roughly)
algun det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎢᎦᏓ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

一啲 det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
有啲 pron (a certain number)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

一些 det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
幾個 /几个 det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
有的 det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
一些 pron (a certain number)

Chuukese

1 entries

ekkoch pron (a certain number)

Czech

4 entries

nějaký det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
některý det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
nějaký pron (a certain number)
několik pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Dalmatian

1 entries

calco pron (a certain number)

Danish

4 entries

en det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
en vis det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
et det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
et vist det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Dutch

4 entries

ongeveer adv (approximately, roughly)
enige det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
enige det (unspecified quantity or number of)
enkele det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

иктаж adv (approximately, roughly)

Esperanto

3 entries

ia det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
iu pron (indefinite quantity or number)
iuj pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Finnish

4 entries

jotakin adv (approximately, roughly)
jotakuinkin adv (approximately, roughly)
noin adv (approximately, roughly)
suunnilleen adv (approximately, roughly)

French

4 entries

environ adv (approximately, roughly)
quelque adv (approximately, roughly)
certain det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
certains det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Galician

1 entries

algún pron (a certain number)

German

4 entries

etwa adv (approximately, roughly)
um adv (approximately, roughly)
ungefähr adv (approximately, roughly)
ein paar det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Greek

4 entries

περίπου adv (approximately, roughly)
αρκετά det (considerable quantity or number of)
κάποιος det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
λίγο det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Hawaiian

2 entries

kahi poʻe pron (a certain number)
kekahi poʻe pron (a certain number)

Hebrew

4 entries

אֲחָדִים det (unspecified quantity or number of)
אֲחָדִים det (considerable quantity or number of)
כַּמָה det (unspecified quantity or number of)
כַּמָה det (considerable quantity or number of)

Hindi

4 entries

के लगभग adv (approximately, roughly)
कुछ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
कुछ det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
कोई det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Hungarian

4 entries

körülbelül adv (approximately, roughly)
mintegy adv (approximately, roughly)
nagyjából adv (approximately, roughly)
aztán det (informal: remarkable)

Icelandic

3 entries

sum pron (a certain number)
sumar pron (a certain number)
sumir pron (a certain number)

Indonesian

4 entries

beberapa det (unspecified quantity or number of)
beberapa det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
beberapa det (considerable quantity or number of)
beberapa pron (a certain number)

Interlingua

2 entries

alcun det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
qualque det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Irish

4 entries

roinnt det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
éigin det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
daoine pron (a certain number)
roinnt pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Italian

4 entries

alcuno det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
alcuno det (unspecified quantity or number of)
che det (informal: remarkable)
del pron (indefinite amount, part)

Japanese

4 entries

約 adv (approximately, roughly)
〜か det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
ある det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
ある pron (a certain number)

Kabardian

1 entries

гуэр pron (a certain number)

Kaitag

1 entries

чумилра pron (a certain number)

Khmer

3 entries

ន្តិចបន្តួច det (unspecified quantity or number of)
បន្តិចបន្តួច det (unspecified amount of)
អ្នកខ្លះ pron (a certain number)

Korean

2 entries

몇 pron (indefinite quantity or number)
어떤 pron (a certain number)

Latin

4 entries

alii adv (approximately, roughly)
alii det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
aliqui det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
aliqui det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Low German

4 entries

einige pron (a certain number)
en poor pron (indefinite quantity or number)
enige pron (a certain number)
enige pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

někotary det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Macedonian

1 entries

некој det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Malay

2 entries

beberapa pron (a certain number)
seberapa pron (a certain number)

Mirandese

1 entries

algun pron (a certain number)

Māori

3 entries

ehinu pron (indefinite quantity or number)
he pron (indefinite quantity or number)
ētahi pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Navajo

2 entries

łaʼ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
łaʼ det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

kadiri ya adv (approximately, roughly)

Norman

1 entries

tchique det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

hindek pron (a certain number)
hinek pron (a certain number)

Norwegian

4 entries

omtrent adv (approximately, roughly)
litt det (unspecified amount of)
litt pron (indefinite amount, part)
som pron (indefinite amount, part)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

noen det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
noen det (unspecified quantity or number of)
visse det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
noen pron (a certain number)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

nokre det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
nokre det (unspecified quantity or number of)
visse det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
nokon pron (a certain number)

Occitan

2 entries

qualque pron (a certain number)
qualque pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Old Irish

1 entries

nach det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Persian

1 entries

کمی pron (indefinite amount, part)

Polish

4 entries

jakiś det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
kilka det (unspecified quantity or number of)
kilka det (considerable quantity or number of)
niektóre det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Portuguese

4 entries

mais ou menos adv (approximately, roughly)
uns adv (approximately, roughly)
algum det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
algum det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Romanian

2 entries

niște det (unspecified quantity or number of)
nişte pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Russian

4 entries

како́й-нибудь det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
како́й-то det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
не́кий det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
не́который det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Samoan

1 entries

isi pron (a certain number)

Scots

4 entries

sum det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
some pron (a certain number)
sum pron (a certain number)
sum pron (indefinite amount, part)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

air choireigin det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
rann pron (a certain number)
rann pron (indefinite quantity or number)
rann pron (indefinite amount, part)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

neka pron (a certain number)
neke pron (a certain number)
neki pron (a certain number)

Slovak

4 entries

približne adv (approximately, roughly)
zhruba adv (approximately, roughly)
nejaký det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
niektorý det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Spanish

4 entries

unos adv (approximately, roughly)
algunas det (unspecified quantity or number of)
algunos det (unspecified quantity or number of)
algo pron (indefinite amount, part)

Sundanese

4 entries

sababaraha det (unspecified quantity or number of)
sababaraha det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
sababaraha det (considerable quantity or number of)
sababaraha pron (a certain number)

Swahili

3 entries

baadhi ya det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
baadhi pron (indefinite quantity or number)
baadhi pron (indefinite amount, part)

Swedish

4 entries

cirka adv (approximately, roughly)
nog adv (approximately, roughly)
omkring adv (approximately, roughly)
runt adv (approximately, roughly)

Tagalog

2 entries

may pron (a certain number)
mayroon pron (a certain number)

Talysh

2 entries

تیکهیی det (unspecified amount of)
چن گله det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Tamil

4 entries

கொஞ்சம் det (unspecified quantity or number of)
சில det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
சிலர் det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
கொஞ்சம் pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Thai

3 entries

บาง det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
บาง pron (indefinite quantity or number)
มั่ง pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ksa det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Tok Pisin

4 entries

sampela det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
sampela det (unspecified quantity or number of)
sampela det (unspecified amount of)
sampela det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Tooro

1 entries

mu det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)

Turkish

4 entries

bazı det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
bir det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
bazısı pron (a certain number)
kimi pron (a certain number)

Ukrainian

4 entries

де́який det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
котри́йсь det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
кі́лька det (unspecified quantity or number of)
яки́й-небудь det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Urdu

3 entries

کوئی det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
کچھ det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
کچھ det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Vietnamese

4 entries

gì đó det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
nào đó det (certain, unspecified or unknown)
mấy pron (a certain number)
một số pron (a certain number)

Walloon

4 entries

del det (unspecified amount of)
des det (unspecified quantity or number of)
do det (unspecified amount of)
ene det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Welsh

4 entries

peth det (unspecified amount of)
rhai det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
rhai det (unspecified quantity or number of)
rhyw det (certain, unspecified or unknown)

Wolof

1 entries

ay det (unspecified quantity or number of)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַ ביסל pron (a certain number)
עטלעכע pron (a certain number)

Yoruba

2 entries

àwọn det (unspecified quantity or number of)
àwọn pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Zazaki

4 entries

tay det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
teney det (considerable quantity or number of)
tay pron (a certain number)
tayn pron (indefinite quantity or number)

Zealandic

4 entries

'n bitje det (unspecified amount of)
sommige det ((stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of)
'n paer pron (indefinite quantity or number)
sommige pron (a certain number)

Sample sentences

52 total sentences available.

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For some reason I feel more alive at night.

Source: tatoeba (1332)

I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.

Source: tatoeba (1377)

Do you need me to give you some money?

Source: tatoeba (1626)

Who wants some hot chocolate?

Source: tatoeba (1706)

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