Thesaurus:quantifier
English
Synonyms
Various
Related concepts
- quantity [⇒ thesaurus]
- quantification
- number [⇒ thesaurus]
- calculus
- frequency [⇒ thesaurus]
- commonness [⇒ thesaurus]
- size [⇒ thesaurus]
Discrete determiners of quantification, from highest to lowest, approximately
- each and every
- every single
- every last
- all
- every
- each
- all but one
- nearly all
- almost all
- most
- more than half of
- the majority of
- a great many
- many
- several
- some
- few
- multiple
- hardly any
- almost no
- no [⇒ thesaurus]
- none
- —
- finitely many
- infinitely many
- transfinitely many
Continuous/mass determiners of quantification, from highest to lowest, approximately
- all
- most
- a lot of (See Thesaurus:lot)
- the better part of
- the greater part of
- a great deal of
- much
- some
- no [⇒ thesaurus]
Mathematical symbols
Definite numerical quantity - see Thesaurus:number
Indefinite numerical quantity
Related adjectives
By everyone through by no one
- by everyone
- universally
- generally [⇒ thesaurus]
- widely [⇒ thesaurus]
- commonly
- usually [⇒ thesaurus]
- by many people
- sometimes
- by some people
- by no one
- never [⇒ thesaurus]
Everyone through no one
- everyone
- everybody [⇒ thesaurus]
- nearly everyone
- the majority of people
- most people
- many people
- some people
- hardly anyone
- almost no one
- no one
- nobody
Everywhere through nowhere
- everywhere
- almost everywhere
- at most places
- at many places
- at some places
- at few places
- almost nowhere
- hardly anywhere
- nowhere
Everything through nothing
- everything [⇒ thesaurus]
- nearly everything
- most things
- many things
- few things
- some things
- hardly anything
- almost nothing
- nothing [⇒ thesaurus]
Majority through minority
See also
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 4. Unsubstantiality
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 78. Generality
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 100. Plurality
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 101. Zero
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 102. Multitude
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 103. Fewness
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 105. Infinity
Further reading
- "quantifier" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- Quantifiers : both, several, most and all | Learn and Practise Grammar, oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
- Much, many, a lot of, lots of : quantifiers - Cambridge Grammar, dictionary.cambridge.org
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