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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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The smaller boats are more numerous and harder to spot on satellite than larger conventional vessels, Des Roches said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Yellow warnings - the least severe level of warning - are more numerous:

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

When it worked, they were 100 times more numerous.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 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

She has the same knuckly red hands, the same metal-rimmed glasses, the same hair crown as Mrs. Smeath, only hers is all gray, and the hairs on her face are gray too and more numerous.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood