| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap, collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assortment, bank, barrel, buildup, chunk, conglomeration, drift, gob, great deal, hill, hoard, hunk, jumble, lump, mass, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, pack, peck, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, stockpile |
| Antonyms: | ditch, hole |
| Main Entry: | pile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, pack; put on top of another |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, assemble, bank, bunch, collect, crowd, crush, fill, flock, heap, hill, hoard, jam, load, mass, mound, rush, stack, store |
| Antonyms: | dissipate, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | many |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abundance; a lot |
| Synonyms: | gobs, heaps, horde, jillion, large numbers, mass, multitude, oodles*, piles, plenty, scads, scores, thousands, throng, tons, umpteen, whole slew |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent many means being one of a large indefinite number; several means of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many |
| Antonyms: | few |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | plenitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, avalanche, bounteousness, bountifulness, 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, plenteousness, 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') |
| Main Entry: | plenteousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, avalanche, bounteousness, bountifulness, 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, plenitude, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, stacks, store, sufficiency, torrent*, volume, wealth |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |