some

Meanings

• 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"
• relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
  • "we talked for some time"
  • "he was still some distance away"
• relatively many but unspecified in number
  • "they were here for some weeks"
  • "we did not meet again for some years"
• remarkable
  • "that was some party"
  • "she is some skier"
• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  • "some forty people came"

Synonyms

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