Something Definition
sŭmthĭng
somethings
pronoun
A thing that is not definitely known, understood, or identified; some undetermined thing.
Something went wrong.
Webster's New World
Some thing or things, definite but unspecified.
Have something to eat.
Webster's New World
An unspecified or undetermined amount or extent.
We know something about the early settlers in this area.
American Heritage
One having some or many of the same attributes, character, or essence as another.
Trying to fix the computer myself was something of a mistake.
American Heritage
A bit; a little.
Something over an hour.
Webster's New World
noun
An important or remarkable person or thing.
That party was really something!
Webster's New World
One who falls into a specified age range. Often used in combination.
Fortysomethings who attended their class reunion.
American Heritage
An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
Wiktionary
An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a member of a specified age range. Often used in combination.
American Heritage
Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
Wiktionary
adverb
A little; somewhat.
She looks something like me.
Webster's New World
Really; quite.
Sounds something awful.
Webster's New World
To an extreme degree.
He drinks something fierce.
American Heritage
affix
Of, relating to, being, or for a person of an age one to nine years more than (a specified multiple of ten)
Fortysomething, or in one's forties.
Webster's New World
Of a quantity one to nine more than (a specified multiple of ten)
60-something people at the party.
Webster's New World
verb
Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
Wiktionary
suffix
Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.
He lives at 2-something fifty-something street and he looks like he's thirty-something.
Wiktionary
idiom
something else
- One that is very special or quite remarkable:
Her new film is something else.
American Heritage
something else
- a remarkable person or thing
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Something
Noun
Singular:
something
Plural:
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