| Main Entry: | multitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, numbers, ocean*, oodles*, people, plenitude, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, scores, sea, slew, swarm, throng, turnout |
Antonyms: |
handful, portion, single, zero |
| Concept: | Multitude. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
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-nouns
multitude; numerous; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion (plenty); legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd (assemblage); lots; all in the world and his wife., [Increase of number] greater number, majority; multiplication, multiple.
-verbs
be numerous; swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, swarm like bees.
-adjectives
many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty; half a dozen, half a hundred; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore., thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless (infinite).
-phrases
their name is "legion"; acervatim; en foule; "many-headed multitude" [Sidney]; "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew" [Young]; vel
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Antonyms: |
fewness |
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| Main Entry: | army |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group resembling military force |
Synonyms: |
array, cloud, company, crowd, division, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, outfit, pack, regiment, scores, swarm, throng, unit |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, considerable group |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, design, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, host, lineup, lot, multitude, order, parade, pattern, set, show, supply, throng |
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake, cluster, coffee klatch, collection, company, conclave, confab, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, flock, gathering, get-together, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | battalion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military division |
Synonyms: |
army, brigade, company, contingent, corps, force, horde, host, legion, multitude, regiment, squadron, throng, unit |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
Synonyms: |
array, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, group, horde, lot, majority, mass, mob, multitude, parcel, party, set, society, throng |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
Synonyms: |
agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
Synonyms: |
army, dense mass, flock, horde, host, legion, multitude, rout, scores, shower, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | concourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd, group |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, collection, concursion, confluence, convergence, crush, gang, gathering, joining, junction, linkage, meeting, mob, multitude, rout, throng |