diff --git a/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetCriteria.py b/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetCriteria.py
index f5955f2e..0ce75417 100644
--- a/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetCriteria.py
+++ b/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetCriteria.py
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ def setUsername(self, username):
         self.username = username
         return self
 
+    def setExcludeWords(self, excludeWords):
+        """Set word(s) to exclude from tweets
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        excludeWords : list or iterable
+
+        Example: ["red", "blue", "yellow", "green"]
+        """
+        self.excludeWords = excludeWords
+        return self
+
     def setSince(self, since):
         """Set a lower bound date in UTC
         Parameters
@@ -46,6 +57,36 @@ def setUntil(self, until):
         self.until = until
         return self
 
+    def setMinReplies(self, minReplies):
+        """Set the minimum number of replies of tweets to search
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        minReplies : str,
+                     for example: 42
+        """
+        self.minReplies = minReplies
+        return self
+
+    def setMinFaves(self, minFaves):
+        """Set the minimum number of favorites of tweets to search
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        minFaves : str,
+                   for example: 42
+        """
+        self.minFaves = minFaves
+        return self
+
+    def setMinRetweets(self, minRetweets):
+        """Set the minimum number of retweets of tweets to search
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        minRetweets : str,
+                      for example: 42
+        """
+        self.minRetweets = minRetweets
+        return self
+
     def setNear(self, near):
         """Set location to search nearby
         Parameters
diff --git a/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetManager.py b/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetManager.py
index ac0d7013..056c6c2a 100644
--- a/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetManager.py
+++ b/GetOldTweets3/manager/TweetManager.py
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ def getJsonResponse(tweetCriteria, refreshCursor, cookieJar, proxy, useragent=No
         if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'querySearch'):
             urlGetData += tweetCriteria.querySearch
 
+        if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'excludeWords'):
+            urlGetData += ' -'.join([''] + tweetCriteria.excludeWords)
+
         if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'username'):
             if not hasattr(tweetCriteria.username, '__iter__'):
                 tweetCriteria.username = [tweetCriteria.username]
@@ -312,6 +315,15 @@ def getJsonResponse(tweetCriteria, refreshCursor, cookieJar, proxy, useragent=No
         if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'until'):
             urlGetData += ' until:' + tweetCriteria.until
 
+        if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'minReplies'):
+            urlGetData += ' min_replies:' + tweetCriteria.minReplies
+
+        if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'minFaves'):
+            urlGetData += ' min_faves:' + tweetCriteria.minFaves
+
+        if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'minRetweets'):
+            urlGetData += ' min_retweets:' + tweetCriteria.minRetweets
+
         if hasattr(tweetCriteria, 'lang'):
             urlLang = 'l=' + tweetCriteria.lang + '&'
         else:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d19308e3..7f897ea9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,28 @@ GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --near "Berlin, Germany" --within 25km --m
 GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "museum" --near "55.75, 37.61" --within 40km --maxtweets 10
 ```
 
+**Example 8 - Get tweets by minimum number of replies:**
+```bash
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minreplies 10 --maxtweets 10
+```
+
+**Example 9 - Get tweets by minimum number of favorites:**
+```bash
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minfaves 10 --maxtweets 10
+```
+
+**Example 10 - Get tweets by minimum number of retweets:**
+```bash
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minretweets 10 --maxtweets 10
+```
+
+**Example 11 - Get tweets by excluding tweets with any word of a list:**
+```bash
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --exclude-words-from-file excludewords.txt --maxtweets 10
+```
+
+where words to exclude are separated by a whitespace character in the `excludewords.txt` file.
+
 ## Python classes
 - **Tweet:** Model class that describes a specific tweet.
   - id (str)
diff --git a/bin/GetOldTweets3 b/bin/GetOldTweets3
index 69a8bf22..45e29800 100755
--- a/bin/GetOldTweets3
+++ b/bin/GetOldTweets3
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """To use this script you can pass the following attributes:
-       --querysearch: a query text to be matched
-          --username: a username or a list of usernames (comma or space separated)
-                      of a specific twitter account(s) (with or without @)
---username-from-file: a file with a list of usernames,
-             --since: a lower bound date in UTC (yyyy-mm-dd)
-             --until: an upper bound date in UTC (yyyy-mm-dd) (not included)
-              --near: a reference location area from where tweets were generated
-            --within: a distance radius from "near" location (e.g. 15mi)
-         --toptweets: only the tweets provided as top tweets by Twitter (no parameters required)
-         --maxtweets: the maximum number of tweets to retrieve
-              --lang: the language of tweets
-             --emoji: "ignore" (the default, discards emojis), "unicode"
-                      or "named" (replaces with "Emoji[Name of emoji]")
-            --output: a filename to export the results (default is "output_got.csv").
-                      Pass a '.gz' suffix to have it gzipped.
-             --debug: outputs debug information to standard error stream
+            --querysearch: a query text to be matched
+--exclude-words-from-file: a file with a list of words to exclude
+               --username: a username or a list of usernames (comma or space separated)
+                           of a specific twitter account(s) (with or without @)
+     --username-from-file: a file with a list of usernames
+                  --since: a lower bound date in UTC (yyyy-mm-dd)
+                  --until: an upper bound date in UTC (yyyy-mm-dd) (not included)
+             --minreplies: a minimum number of replies for a tweet
+               --minfaves: a minimum number of favorites for a tweet
+            --minretweets: a minimum number of retweets for a tweet
+                   --near: a reference location area from where tweets were generated
+                 --within: a distance radius from "near" location (e.g. 15mi)
+              --toptweets: only the tweets provided as top tweets by Twitter (no parameters required)
+              --maxtweets: the maximum number of tweets to retrieve
+                   --lang: the language of tweets
+                  --emoji: "ignore" (the default, discards emojis), "unicode"
+                           or "named" (replaces with "Emoji[Name of emoji]")
+                 --output: a filename to export the results (default is "output_got.csv")
+                           Pass a '.gz' suffix to have it gzipped.
+                  --debug: outputs debug information to standard error stream
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -39,7 +43,19 @@ GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --lang cn --maxtweets 10
 GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --near "Berlin, Germany" --within 25km --maxtweets 10 
 
 # Example 7 - Get tweets by geo coordinates:
-GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "museum" --near "55.75, 37.61" --within 40km --maxtweets 10 
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "museum" --near "55.75, 37.61" --within 40km --maxtweets 10
+
+# Example 8 - Get tweets by minimum number of replies:
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minreplies 10 --maxtweets 10
+
+# Example 9 - Get tweets by minimum number of favorites:
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minfaves 10 --maxtweets 10
+
+# Example 10 - Get tweets by minimum number of retweets:
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --minretweets 10 --maxtweets 10
+
+# Example 11 - Get tweets by excluding tweets with any word of a list:
+GetOldTweets3 --querysearch "bitcoin" --exclude-words-from-file excludewords.txt --maxtweets 10
 """
 
 from functools import partial
@@ -64,10 +80,14 @@ def main(argv):
 
     try:
         opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "", ("querysearch=",
+                                              "exclude-words-from-file=",
                                               "username=",
                                               "usernames-from-file=",
                                               "since=",
                                               "until=",
+                                              "minreplies=",
+                                              "minfaves=",
+                                              "minretweets=",
                                               "near=",
                                               "within=",
                                               "toptweets",
@@ -83,6 +103,7 @@ def main(argv):
         debug = False
         usernames = set()
         username_files = set()
+        exclude_words_files = set()
         for opt, arg in opts:
             if opt == '--querysearch':
                 tweetCriteria.querySearch = arg
@@ -95,12 +116,24 @@ def main(argv):
             elif opt == '--usernames-from-file':
                 username_files.add(arg)
 
+            elif opt == '--exclude-words-from-file':
+                exclude_words_files.add(arg)
+
             elif opt == '--since':
                 tweetCriteria.since = arg
 
             elif opt == '--until':
                 tweetCriteria.until = arg
 
+            elif opt == '--minreplies':
+                tweetCriteria.minReplies = arg
+
+            elif opt == '--minfaves':
+                tweetCriteria.minFaves = arg
+
+            elif opt == '--minretweets':
+                tweetCriteria.minRetweets = arg
+
             elif opt == '--near':
                 geocode = arg.split(',')
                 try:
@@ -169,6 +202,10 @@ def main(argv):
                     usernames |= set(usernames_)
                     print("Found %i usernames in %s" % (len(usernames_), uf))
 
+        if exclude_words_files:
+            exclude_words = sum([open(ewf).read().split() for ewf in exclude_words_files], [])
+            tweetCriteria.excludeWords = exclude_words
+
         if usernames:
             if len(usernames) > 1:
                 tweetCriteria.username = usernames