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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very many |
| Synonyms: | considerable, countless, infinite, innumerable, lots of, many, millions, numerous, umteen, zillion |
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| Main Entry: | immeasurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite, incalculable |
| Synonyms: | alive with, bottomless, boundless, countless, crawling with, endless, extensive, illimitable, immense, indefinite, inestimable, inexhaustible, jillion, large, limitless, measureless, no end of, no end to, umpteen, unbounded, uncountable, unfathomable, unlimited, unmeasurable, unreckonable, vast, zillion |
| Antonyms: | bounded, calculable, finite, limited, measurable |
| Main Entry: | many |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse, abundant |
| Synonyms: | abounding, alive with, bounteous, bountiful, copious, countless, crowded, divers, frequent, innumerable, legion, lousy with, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multiplied, multitudinous, myriad, no end of, numberless, numerous, plentiful, populous, prevalent, rife, several, sundry, teeming, umpteen, uncounted, varied, various |
| 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, scarce |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggregate, bunch |
| Synonyms: | abundance, amount, caboodle, collection, company, conglomeration, crowd, estimate, flock, horde, jillion, lot, manifoldness, many, multitude, plenitude, plenty, product, quantity, slew, sum, throng, total, totality, umpteen, volume, whole, zillion |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money numerals are symbols; numbers are the things that numerals symbolize |
| Antonyms: | one |
| Main Entry: | numberless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite |
| Synonyms: | countless, endless, heaps, incalculable, innumerable, jillion, many, multitudinous, myriad, no end of, no end to, numerous, umpteen, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered, untold, zillion |
| Antonyms: | counted, finite, limited, numbered |
| Main Entry: | numerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, abundant |
| Synonyms: | big, copious, diverse, great, infinite, large, legion, lousy with, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, plentiful, populous, profuse, rife, scads, several, sundry, thick, umpteen, various, voluminous, zillion |
| Notes: | numerable means that can be counted while numerous means amounting to a large indefinite number numerous means amounting to a large indefinite number while innumerable means too numerous to be counted |
| Antonyms: | deficient, few, lacking, little, small |
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| Concept: | Number. |
| Category: | 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series., sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number; reciprocal; totient., permutation, combination, variation; election., ratio, proportion, progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression; percentage., figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers., power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus., differential, integral, fluxion, fluent.
-adjectives
numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable., proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive., positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.
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