Synonyms for legion
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
A large number of people; a multitude.
Their complicated affairs are managed by a legion of accountants.
- adj. 1
Numerous; vast; very great in number.
dissatisfied customers and their legion complaints
Related words
- Word family
- legionary legionnaire
Forms
- Plural
- legions → armies, hosts, multitudes, throngs…
Choose the right word
Legion (from the Latin) and phalanx (from the Greek) are applied by a kind of poetic license to modern forces; the plural legions is preferred to the singular.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- army "Your army is impotent against mine!!" he laughed.
- crowd The crowd protested against racial discrimination.
- multitude Tokyo offers a multitude of accommodation options.
- throng He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
- horde Tom was surrounded by a horde of screaming fangirls.
By length
- 3 letters
- sea1
- 4 letters
- many2, army2, mass1, host1
- 5 letters
- crowd1, flock1, swarm1, horde1
- 6 letters
- throng1
- 8 letters
- numerous3
- 9 letters
- multitude3, plurality4
- 10 letters
- assemblage3
- 13 letters
- multitudinous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (many2 = 2 syllables).