Number
How words are described
| good | good number | good people |
| specific | specific number | specific people |
| right | right number | right people |
| certain | certain number | certain people |
| Other adjectives: many, countless, actual, real, wrong, little, decent, new, last, insane, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- X-Men, a number of brainier people and a number of telepaths are out of the picture.
Source: Deus Exit Machina -
Considering that he states that his power is limited only by the number of people who feed him energy and that five people is enough to quickly jump to the moon, he kind of has a point.
Source: Visual Novel / Rewrite -
No longer one of the highest rated radio personalities due to the number or people with access to satellite radio compared to terrestrial radio, he is however now officially the highest paid.Due to the controversial nature of his show, Stern can be a polarizing figure.
Source: Creator / Howard Stern
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People and Number. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/people
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