Antonyms of adj several

3 senses of several

Sense 1
several (prenominal) -- ((used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident")

INDIRECT (VIA all, some) -> no -- (quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time")
INDIRECT (VIA some, no) -> all -- (quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome")

Sense 2
respective (prenominal), several (prenominal), various (prenominal) -- (considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed")

INDIRECT (VIA individual) -> common -- (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community")

Sense 3
several (predicate) -- (distinct and individual; "three several times")

INDIRECT (VIA different) -> same -- (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year")

Similarity of adj several

3 senses of several

Sense 1
several (prenominal) -- ((used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident")
       => some (prenominal) (vs. no) (vs. all) -- (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")

Sense 2
respective (prenominal), several (prenominal), various (prenominal) -- (considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed")
       => individual (vs. common), single -- (being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways")

Sense 3
several (predicate) -- (distinct and individual; "three several times")
       => different (vs. same) -- (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one")

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