multitude
multitude is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they uttery neglect method in their harangues. I. Watts. A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. Longfellow.
- 2.The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude. Judg. vi.
- 3.The multitude, the populace; the mass of men. See Throng.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alone
- alter
- among
- centesimal
- certain
- decimal
- decimate
- decimation
- deficit
- division
- duodecimal
- few
- fifth
- five
- hundredth
- inter
- large
- majority
- millesimal
- more
- non
- not
- number
- one
- other
- pentavalent
- plural
- plurality
- quinquarticular
- quinquefid
- quinquepartite
- several
- sexagenary
- sexagesimal
- some
- tenth
- than
- three
- tithe
- twelfth
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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