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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap |
| Synonyms: | a lot*, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jillion, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain*, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, ream, scad, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total*, trillion, volume, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complexity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicatedness |
| Synonyms: | complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, multiplicity, ramification |
| Antonyms: | clarity, directness, ease, obvious, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | diversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety, difference |
| Synonyms: | assortment, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, divergence, diverseness, diversification, heterogeneity, medley, mixed bag, multeity, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, range, unlikeness, variance, variegation, variousness |
| Antonyms: | identicalness, sameness, similarity, uniformity |
| 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: | 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: | pack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, bunch |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, band, barrel, bundle, circle, collection, company, crew, crowd, deck, drove, flock, gang, great deal, heap, herd, horde, lot, lump, mess, mob, much, multiplicity, number, peck, pile, press, set, swarm, throng, troop |
| Main Entry: | plurality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large part of a group |
| Synonyms: | advantage, bulk, greater part, lead, majority, mass, most, multiplicity, nearly all, numerousness, preponderance, profusion, variety |
| Notes: | a majority is more than half the votes, while a plurality is simply getting more votes than the other person(s) |
| Antonyms: | minority |
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | array, assortment, change, collection, combo, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, disparateness, divergency, diversification, diversity, fluctuation, heterogeneity, incongruity, intermixture, many-sidedness, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, modification, multifariousness, multiplicity, mélange, potpourri, range, shift, soup, stew, variance, variation |
| Antonyms: | uniformity |
| Main Entry: | jillion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap |
| Synonyms: | a lot*, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain*, much, multiplicity, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, ream, scad, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total*, trillion, volume, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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