Synonyms for uncountable
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Innumerable — so many as to be incapable of being counted
innumerable, infinite, countless, numberless, uncounted, multitudinous, untold, unnumbered, unnumberable
2. Non-count — that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural…
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
So many as to be incapable of being counted.
The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
- adj. 2
That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.
Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
- n. 1
A noun that is uncountable.
Related words
- Phrases
- uncountable noun
- Is a kind of
- infinite
Forms
- Plural
- uncountables
Example sentences
- countless Mary emerged as victor from countless tournaments.
- innumerable I have tried innumerable times to contact him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| uncountable | rising | |
| countless | rising | |
| innumerable | falling | |
| uncounted | steady | |
| numberless | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- untold2
- 8 letters
- infinite3, noncount
- 9 letters
- countless2, uncounted3
- 10 letters
- unnumbered, numberless
- 11 letters
- innumerable5
- 12 letters
- unnumberable
- 13 letters
- multitudinous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (untold2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- indénombrable
- Català
- incomptable