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most 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 most numerous are the fall-run Chinook, which fishers catch commercially and recreationally along the coast when salmon numbers are high enough.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Americans, UK citizens and Chinese nationals, who are some of the museum's most numerous foreign visitors, will be among those affected, as will tourists from poorer countries.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Roughly 6 million common dolphins inhabit tropical and temperate waters worldwide, making them the most numerous members of the cetacean family, which includes whales and porpoises.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

Diesel models remain most numerous at just under one million, but their sales are falling rapidly, says the Norwegian Road Federation.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

Today the most numerous Native American tribe in the United States is the Navajo, who on European arrival were just one of several hundred tribes.

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