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lots
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great quantity |
| Synonyms: | acres, galore, gobs, legion, legions, loads, many, oodles, plenty, realty, reams, scads, slathers, slew, tons, wad |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity, often large |
| Synonyms: | abundance, aggregate, aggregation, amplitude, assortment, barrel, batch, body, bunch, bundle, circle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, conglomerate, conglomeration, consignment, crowd, great deal, group, heap, load, mass, mess*, much, multiplicity, number, ocean, oodles, order, pack, pile, plenitude, plenty, push, reams, requisition, scores, set, stack, stacks |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, share |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, cut, parcel, part, percentage, piece, quota, ration, slice, take |
| Antonyms: | totality, whole |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, destiny |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, accident, break, breaks, chance, circumstance, decree, doom, foreordination, fortune, hand one is dealt, hazard, karma, kismet, plight, portion, predestination, run of luck, way cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a great deal |
| Synonyms: | a lot, abundance, all kinds of, amplitude, appreciable amount, barrel, breadth, completeness, copiousness, excess, exuberance, fullness, gobs, great quantity, heaps, loads, lots*, lump, mass, mess*, mountain, multiplicity, oodles*, overage, oversupply, pack, peck, pile, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, profuseness, riches, scads, sufficiency, superabundance, superfluity, thousands, tons, very much, volume, wealth |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oodles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lot |
| Synonyms: | abundance, billions, gobs, heaps, large number, loads, lots, many, masses, millions, piles, plenty, scads, thousands, tons, zillions |
| Main Entry: | plenty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | much, abundance |
| Synonyms: | affluence, avalanche, capacity, copiousness, cornucopia, deluge*, enough, flood*, fruitfulness, full house, fund, good deal, great deal, heaps, loads, lots, luxury, mass, masses, mine*, mountains, oodles*, opulence, peck, piles, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, stacks, store, sufficiency, torrent*, volume, wealth |
| Notes: | plenitude is indicated when the amount in question is of something abstract, whereas concrete amounts motivate the use of 'plenty' (both from Latin plenus 'full') |
| Antonyms: | few, lack, little, need, scarcity, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raffle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lottery for a prize |
| Synonyms: | bet, betting, disposition, draw, drawing, flier, gambling, game of chance, gaming, long odds, lots*, numbers, numbers game, pool, random shot, speculation, stake, sweep, sweepstake, tossup, wager, wagering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scads |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large quantity, |
| Synonyms: | bags, barrels, bunches, bundles, gobs, heaps, jillion, large number, loads, lots, many and then some, oodles*, piles, plenty, scores, stacks, tons, zillions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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