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more numerous

ADJECTIVE

many, abundant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big diverse great large plentiful various

WEAK

copious infinite legion lousy with multifarious multitudinal multitudinous populous profuse rife scads several sundry thick umpteen voluminous zillion

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little miniature similar small tiny uniform unimportant

WEAK

deficient few lacking

Example Sentences

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Showers will develop, becoming more numerous by the afternoon but not catching everywhere.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

When it worked, they were 100 times more numerous.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 2025

At NADA, group presentations seemed more numerous than before, an approach by gallerists that often results in disjointed booths where more is less and volume blurs curatorial vision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

They found that oligomers were present in both groups, but in those with Parkinson's, the clusters were larger, brighter, and far more numerous.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

When Pizarro and Atahuallpa met at Cajamarca, why did Pizarro capture Atahuallpa and kill so many of his followers, instead of Atahuallpa’s vastly more numerous forces capturing and killing Pizarro?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond