some people
A few folks
Some people refers to an unspecified subset of humans—not all, not none, but an indefinite portion: Some people prefer tea to coffee.
The phrase often introduces generalizations or attributes beliefs the speaker may disagree with: Some people think the earth is flat.
Used pointedly, it can be passive-aggressive criticism of a specific person while maintaining deniability: Some people need to learn some manners.
- folksPeople in general
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- voicesSounds producing speech
- strangersPeople unknown to you
- perfect strangersPeople entirely unknown to each other
crowd · eyes · bystanders · persons · handful · minority · a few · group · members · humans · faces · neighbors · somebody · couples · subset · anyone · diversity · random
quantity/scope
some peopleno one
Zero individuals
nobody · everyone · everybody · not a soul · the whole world