myriad

Examples

• All

• Don't overlook the myriad selections at iTunesU in your search for open curriculum materials.

  Academic text (2011)

• Through the breaking clouds overhead, the myriad flickering stars showed fresh and pure.

  Fiction book (1998)

• There is also confusion caused by the myriad ways in which agency social workers are paid.

  Academic text (2011)

• The problems cited are only a few of the myriad challenges the victims must learn to overcome.

  Academic text (1992)

• America is not an NGO and must balance myriad factors in our relations with all countries.

  Academic text (2008)

• The water seemed chopped into myriad waves, and the entire island appeared to be moving.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Students can upload local historical pictures as well as peruse the myriad options already available.

  Academic text (2011)

• To assert the obvious, all human bodies move every day, in myriad patterns and styles, for many reasons.

  Academic text (1999)

• Bankers need on-the-job training, as do auditors and people in myriad other market-related jobs.

  Academic text (1991)

• The event offered myriad activities for families, ensuring there was something for everyone.

Synonyms

N

numerous

vsmyriad

432 2.0

A large number of things or people

pushes beyond many to stress near-uncountable quantity

C

countless

vsmyriad

245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

is an emphatic everyday form for the same uncountable idea

I

infinite

vsmyriad

183 4.2

Without limits or end

limits the idea to extremely large numeric amount rather than limitless scope

U

untold

vsmyriad

52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

is a straighter, more common expression of that vastness

I

innumerable

vsmyriad

21 5.4

Too many to count

expresses the same extreme uncountability in a common register

E

endless

vsmyriad

19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

describes large numeric amount but not necessarily lacking any limit

U

uncounted

vsmyriad

6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

frames that idea in more vivid, extreme language

N

numberless

vsmyriad

3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

expresses the same idea using simpler emphatic phrasing

M

multitudinous

vsmyriad

• Literature

2 7.9

Present in very large numbers

focuses more on extreme abundance than general numerosity

U

unnumbered

vsmyriad

1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

uses a more expressive tone for the same uncountable sense

U

unnumberable

vsmyriad

7.8

So many that you cannot count them

gives the same sense but with broader emphasis on size

U

unnumerable

vsmyriad

7.9

Too many to count

puts the same idea in plainer, more common wording

I

innumerous

vsmyriad

9.6

So many that you cannot count them

shares that uncountable meaning but with stronger emphasis

L

legion

vsmyriad

6.8

Present in very large numbers

highlights sheer extreme quantity rather than collective sense

M

manyfold

vsmyriad

• Archaic

8.1

Having many different parts or types

focuses solely on extreme quantity rather than variety

Antonyms

F

few

∞ 1.0

A small number of people or things

S

scarce

103 4.8

Not enough of something for people who need it

S

sparse

31 5.0

Present in small numbers or amounts

How Many

myriad

35 7.0

numerous

432 2.0

many

9 1.0

several

∞ 1.0

few

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology