innumerable

Examples

• All

• The scientist cataloged innumerable species in the rainforest during her research.

• Videos as teaching-learning tools are surpassing textbooks in innumerable K-12 classrooms.

  Academic text (2012)

• Of all the innumerable possibilities, he has to walk into mine.

  TRON: Legacy (2010)

• And there are innumerable places on this covering so weak, they will not bear their weight.

  Pollyanna (1960)

• Yet in spite of innumerable challenges, he really did make the most of his life, whatever it threw up.

• Every now and then, in this city of innumerable wrongs, the powers that be get things right.

  The Soloist (2009)

• Because human labor is such a large part of Eritrean farming, women perform innumerable and essential tasks.

  Academic text (1996)

• Sportfishing opportunities abound in the ocean, the fast, cold rivers, and the innumerable lakes of the Territories.

  Academic text (1991)

• Along its innumerable streets and canals, this constantly moving anthill was the center of the Aztec Empire.

• Along rue St. Grenelle, I glanced into one of the innumerable tiny cafes.

  Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

C

countless

vsinnumerable

245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

is the same idea but may differ slightly in usual style

I

infinite

vsinnumerable

183 4.2

Without limits or end

narrows the idea to very many countable items rather than boundlessness

U

untold

vsinnumerable

52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

is similar but focuses on sheer number rather than mysterious extent

M

myriad

vsinnumerable

35 7.0

Very many, too many to count

focuses more narrowly on sheer uncountable number rather than style

E

endless

vsinnumerable

19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

focuses on very large countability rather than ongoing endlessness

I

incalculable

vsinnumerable

13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

stresses countless number more simply than measuring impossibility

U

uncounted

vsinnumerable

6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

N

numberless

vsinnumerable

3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

U

uncountable

vsinnumerable

1 4.6

So many that you cannot count them one by one

refers more to many items rather than inability to count individually

U

unnumbered

vsinnumerable

1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

U

unnumerable

vsinnumerable

7.9

Too many to count

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

I

innumerous

vsinnumerable

9.6

So many that you cannot count them

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

U

unnumberable

vsinnumerable

7.8

So many that you cannot count them

has identical meaning but appears as a different word form

Antonyms

F

few

∞ 1.0

A small number of people or things

C

countable

1 2.9

Present as separate things you can number, like an apple or a book

How Many

innumerable

21 5.4

many

9 1.0

several

∞ 1.0

few

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology