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Synonyms for slew

24 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

pile multitude heap plethora

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Plethora — A large amount

lot, plethora, multitude, great deal, spate UK, pile, heap, deal, plenty, passel, oodles informal, sight, glut, good deal, raft, batch, stack, mass, load, mess, bucketful informal, mountain

2. Throng — A crowd or large number of people

Antonyms

smidge, relish, modicum

All antonyms of slew →

Definitions

n. 1
A large amount.
She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
n. 2
A crowd or large number of people.

Related words

Other spellings: slue

Forms

Plural: slews → lots, plethorae, multitudes, spates…

Example sentences

pile What is this pile of fur doing in the living room?
multitude Tokyo offers a multitude of accommodation options.
heap The workers heap up the soil to create a barrier.
plethora Mennad had a plethora of excuses not to live life.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
slew		rising
pile		rising
multitude		rising
heap		rising
plethora		rising

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

By length

3 letters: lot¹
4 letters: deal¹, mass¹, load¹, mess¹, pile¹, heap¹, raft¹, glut¹
5 letters: sight¹, stack¹, batch¹, flock¹, spate¹
6 letters: plenty², throng¹, oodles², passel²
8 letters: mountain², plethora³
9 letters: multitude³, bucketful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (plenty² = 2 syllables).