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Synonyms for quantity

Most common

amount measure bulk magnitude batch muchness

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

    You have to choose between quantity and quality.

Forms

Plural
quantities → amounts, magnitudes, numbers, measures…

Example sentences

  • amount He guessed the amount of money I had in my pocket.
  • measure Gauges are used to measure the thickness of wire.
  • bulk I sell rice in bulk or packed in 1 kilogram bags.
  • magnitude No one could believe the magnitude of the tragedy.
  • batch We have received the first trial batch of vaccine.
  • muchness Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
quantityfalling
amountfalling
measuresteady
bulkfalling
magnitudefalling
batchsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sum1, pac1
4 letters
deal1, mass1, pack1, bulk1
5 letters
space1, batch1
6 letters
number2, amount2, degree2, volume2, extent2, bagful2
7 letters
content2, measure2, portion2, quantum2
8 letters
muchness
9 letters
magnitude3, aggregate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (number2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
quantité
Italiano
quantità
Español
cantidad
Deutsch
Menge
Català
quantitat