Synonyms of several

several 1 of 2

adjective (1)

as in many

more than two but not very many

It took several weeks for the package to arrive.

He arrived several hours ago.

Related Words

• many
• some
• numerous
• multiple
• countless
• various
• innumerable
• multitudinous
• legion
• numberless
• multiplex
• multifold
• uncountable
• unnumbered
• untold
• sundry
• miscellaneous
• beaucoup
• multifarious
• myriad
• mixed
• manifold
• divers

Dissimilar Words

• few
• limited
• countable

several

2 of 2

adjective (2)

as in different

not the same, shared, or matching

After college, we each went our several ways.

Related Words

• different
• various
• other
• mixed
• distinctive
• distinct
• sundry
• miscellaneous
• varied
• diverse
• variant
• unlike
• disparate
• dissimilar
• distinguishable
• divers
• distant
• nonidentical
• single
• individual
• unalike
• alternative
• differentiable
• particular
• alternate
• discriminable
• divergent
• unequal
• disproportionate
• peculiar

Dissimilar Words

• equal
• related
• equivalent
• comparable
• analogous
• similar
• same
• tantamount
• selfsame
• akin
• homologous
• uniform
• parallel
• identical
• like
• homogeneous
• homogenous
• kindred
• indistinguishable
• homological
• kin
• alike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of several

Adjective

The San Diego Padres are looking to hold their ground in the National League wildcard race with several teams fighting for those three spots. —Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

Amazon and other tech companies have also been shrinking their workforces through rolling layoffs over the past several years. —Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 July 2025

Advertisement Advertisement The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people. —Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 23 June 2025

When a parent disappears Foundation for Early Childhood Education, a Head Start provider with 20 centers in East L.A. that cares for about 500 children, said federal agents have been spotted near several of their centers based at housing projects. —Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025