-something

See also: something and some-thing

English

Etymology

From something.

Suffix

-something

1. Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.

   Synonyms: -odd, -some

   He lives at 2-something fifty-something street, and he looks like he's thirty-something.

   • 2024 December 15, Kaan Ozcan and Sabrina Clay, “These convicted felons say if Trump can be elected president they shouldn’t face a stigma when applying for jobs”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2024:

     “If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -something

eightysomething

fiftysomething

fortysomething

hundredsomething

ninetysomething

seventysomething

sixtysomething

tensomething

thirtysomething

twentysomething