Thesaurus:quantifier

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quantifier

English

Noun

Sense: word that limits quantity

Synonyms

• quantifier

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

• zero
• one
• two
• three
• four
• five

Indefinite numerical quantity

• innumerable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• zillion    [⇒ thesaurus]

Related adjectives

• full
• non-empty
• empty
• complete
• incomplete

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

• overwhelming majority
• vast majority
• great majority
• large majority
• majority
• plain majority
• large minority
• substantial minority
• minority
• small minority
• tiny 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