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| Main Entry: | some |
| Part of Speech: | pronoun |
| Definition: | any |
| Synonyms: | more or less, a few, a number, a part, a portion, an amount |
| Main Entry: | some |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | few |
| Synonyms: | any, a bit, a few, a little, part of |
| Main Entry: | some |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | amazing, bizarre, fascinating, remarkable, special, unusual |
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| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, imperceptible, inconsequential, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scanty, scarce, scattered, scattering, seldom, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, thin, trifling, uncommon, few and far between, inconsiderable, not many, not too many, scant, scarcely any, semioccasional, straggling, unfrequent, widely spaced |
| Antonyms: | many, much |
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | pronoun |
| Definition: | scarcely any |
| Synonyms: | scattering, several, smattering, some, sprinkling, not many, not too many, slim pickings, small number, smatter, spattering |
| Antonyms: | many, much |
| Main Entry: | handful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | a small quantity |
| Synonyms: | few, scattering, smattering, some, sprinkling, small number, spattering |
| Antonyms: | lot, mass |
| Main Entry: | moderately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to a degree, to some extent |
| Synonyms: | enough, fairly, gently, kind of, more or less*, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, slightly, so-so*, some, something, somewhat, sort of, tolerable, a little, averagely, in moderation, in reason, more than not, not exactly, passably, quite a bit, temperately, tolerably, tolerantly, within limits, within reason |
| Antonyms: | immoderately, unlimitedly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nearly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | almost |
| Synonyms: | about, approaching, approximately, circa*, closely, in effect, just about, more or less, most, much, practically, roughly, round, roundly, some, somewhere, virtually, all but, as good as, close but no cigar, give or take a little, in essence, in substance, in the ballpark, in the neighborhood, nearabout, not quite, pretty near, upwards of, well-nigh, within a little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretty |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | considerable; somewhat |
| Synonyms: | ample, fairly, kind of, large, moderately, more or less, much, notable, quite, rather, reasonably, sizable, some, something, sort of, a little, pretty much, tolerably |
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, diverse, handful, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, numerous, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, rare, respective, scanty, scarce, separate, single, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry, a few, a lot, divers, hardly any, not many, only a few, quite a few, scant, scarcely any, small number |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number; several means of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
| Main Entry: | somewhat |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to some extent |
| Synonyms: | adequately, considerably, fairly, far, incompletely, kind of, moderately, more or less, partially, pretty, quite, rather, slightly, some, something, sort of, well, a little, bearably, in part, insignificantly, not much, ratherish, significantly, to a degree, tolerably |
| Antonyms: | not at all |
| Main Entry: | sundry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous |
| Synonyms: | assorted, different, manifold, many, several, some, varied, various, divers, quite a few |
| Antonyms: | dissimilar, individual, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | scattering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven |
| Synonyms: | few, irregular, scattered, some, not many |
| Main Entry: | fairly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | somewhat |
| Synonyms: | adequately, enough, kind of, moderately, more or less, quite, rather, reasonably, so-so*, some, something, sort of, averagely, passably, pretty well, ratherish, tolerably |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rather |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | moderately |
| Synonyms: | comparatively, enough, fairly, kind of, more or less, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively, slightly, so-so*, some, something, somewhat, sort of, a bit, a little, averagely, in a certain degree, passably, ratherish, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably |
| Antonyms: | extremely, violently |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous, various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, asymmetrical, collected, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, incongruous, inconsistent, indiscriminate, jarring, manifold, many, multifarious, numerous, several, some, sundry, varied, variegated, anthologized, divers, diversified, diversiform, multiform, omnifarious, omniform, varicolored, varietal, variform |
| Antonyms: | normal, same, similar, standard, uniform |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | referring to a specifically known amount |
| Synonyms: | express, individual, many, marked, numerous, one, particular, precise, regular, several, singular, some, special, specific, specified, sundry, various, a couple, a few, defined, divers, upwards of |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | mathematics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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algebraic, aliquot, analytic, any, arithmetical, bilinear, binary, calculable, centesimal, commensurable, commensurate, complementary, computable, concentric, conjugate, decadic, decimal, denary, differential, divisible, duodecimal, exponential, factorial, figurate, figurative, fingerfull, fluxional, fractional, geodesic, hundredth, icosian, imaginary, impossible, incommensurable, incommensurate, integral, irrational, logarithmic, logometric, millesimal, more or less, more than one, negative, not alone, numerable, numeral, numerical, oblique, octifid, parallel, perpendicular, plural, positive, prime, proportional, quadragesimal, quadratic, quadrille, quantitative, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, sesquilateral, sexagenary, sexagesimal, some, statistical, surd, tabular, tenth, three-dimensional, tithe, transfinite, truncated, twelfth, two-dimensional, upwards of, variable, vicenary, vigesimal
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