numerous

Examples

• All

• We have his fingerprints and numerous photographs.

  In the Line of Fire (1993)

• There have been numerous attempts to prove election fraud.

  2000 Mules (2022)

• So you can communicate with numerous people and hear back from them.

• Well, there are numerous possible answers, some of them quite dark.

• This has been seen in numerous extreme circumstances.

  Chris Williamson

• And we demand to know if there are not numerous doors to the temple of knowledge.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I'm getting reports from numerous aircraft about smoke in Manhattan.

  United 93 (2006)

• She's also held numerous research and teaching posts.

• Governments, both federal and state, have set aside numerous specially protected areas to conserve species and their habitats.

  Academic text (2011)

• With compelling plots and significant themes, Sanchez's six novels create numerous rich learning opportunities for students.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

C

countless

vsnumerous

245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

expresses large numbers without implying impossibility of counting

M

myriad

vsnumerous

35 7.0

Very many, too many to count

is used for large numbers generally but not necessarily uncountable

I

innumerable

vsnumerous

21 5.4

Too many to count

refers to many items but does not claim they cannot be counted

M

many

vsnumerous

9 1.0

A large number of people or things you can count

is about existing in large amounts but not tied to count grammar

U

uncounted

vsnumerous

6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

expresses large numbers but without saying they cannot be counted

N

numberless

vsnumerous

3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

refers to many items without claiming they defy counting

M

multitudinous

vsnumerous

• Literature

2 7.9

Present in very large numbers

is similar but lacks the strong emphasis on extreme quantity

U

unnumbered

vsnumerous

1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

talks about a large amount but may allow exact totals

U

unnumberable

vsnumerous

7.8

So many that you cannot count them

describes many items but without saying numbering is impossible

U

unnumerable

vsnumerous

7.9

Too many to count

refers to large quantities but not to their uncountability

How Many

countless

245 2.5

numerous

432 2.0

several

∞ 1.0

few

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology