 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
numerous
adjective: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times";
"the family was numerous"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Numerous \Nu"mer*ous\, adjective [L. numerosus. See {Number}.]
1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual
objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous
objections.
Such and so numerous was their chivalry. --Milton.
2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and
counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.]
Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse.
--Milton.
-- {Nu"mer*ous*ly}, adverb --
{Nu"mer*ous*ness}, noun
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "numerous":
abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, big,
billion, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, certain, composite,
considerable, copious, countless, diffuse, effuse, epidemic,
ever so many, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile,
flush, full, full many, galore, generous, great, heaped-up,
in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, jillion, large, lavish,
legion, liberal, luxuriant, many, maximal, million, more,
more than one, much, multifarious, multifold, multiple,
multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, no few, not a few,
not singular, opulent, overflowing, plenitudinous, plenteous,
plentiful, plenty, plural, pluralistic, plurative, populous,
prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive,
quite some, rampant, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over,
several, some, sundry, superabundant, teeming, thousand, various,
very many, voluminous, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished,
well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, zillion
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