Synonyms for multitude
Definitions
- n. 1
A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
- n. 2
The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
Related words
- Word family
- multitudinous
- Phrases
- noun of multitude
Forms
- Plural
- multitudes → slews, profusions, lots, peoples…
Choose the right word
Multitude expresses number without order or organization; a multitude of armed men is not an army, but a mob.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- masses It has been proven that the masses make bad choices.
- abundance There was food and drink in abundance at the party.
- slew He slew his children, his wife, his concubines, and his servants.
- profusion A profusion of dandelions had coloured the meadow yellow.
- horde Tom was surrounded by a horde of screaming fangirls.
- throng He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
By length
- 3 letters
- lot1, mob1, pac1
- 4 letters
- many2, army2, mass1, host1, pack1, load1, herd1, heap1, slew1
- 5 letters
- press1, crowd1, sight1, flood1, flock1, troop1, swarm1, horde1, shoal
- 6 letters
- people2, number2, masses2, legion2, rabble2, throng1, oodles2, polloi2
- 8 letters
- assembly3, populace3
- 9 letters
- abundance3, battalion3, plurality4, concourse2, profusion3
- 10 letters
- assemblage3, commonalty
- 12 letters
- multiplicity5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (many2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- multitude
- Italiano
- moltitudine
- Deutsch
- Vielheit