some

Adjective

• remarkable
  • that was some party
    
  • she is some skier
    

• relatively many but unspecified in number
  • they were here for some weeks
    
  • we did not meet again for some years
    

• relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
  • we talked for some time
    
  • he was still some distance away
    

• 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
    

Adverb

• (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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  some(a) , approximately , about , close to , just about , roughly , more or less , around , or so
• Antonyms: 
  no(a) , all(a)