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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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Muslims are more numerous in the north, where most militant activity has taken place during more than a decade of Islamist insurgency, while Christians are more populous in the south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

This reflects the fact that extraction sites are more numerous but located in less populated regions, whereas storage facilities are fewer in number but tend to be placed in densely populated areas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 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