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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun myriad has 2 senses
- myriad(n = noun.quantity) Array - a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details" is a kind of large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
- myriad(n = noun.quantity) 10000, ten thousand - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand; Array is a kind of large integer
Derived form adjective myriad1
Adjective myriad has 1 sense
- myriad(s = adj.all) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable - too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" Derived form noun myriad1
CIDE DICTIONARY
myriad, n. [Gr. , , fr. numberless, pl. ten thousand: cf. F. myriade.].
- The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things. [1913 Webster]
- An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number. [1913 Webster]
myriad, a.
Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
myriad, n. & adj. literary
--n.
1 an indefinitely great number.
2 ten thousand.
--adj. of an indefinitely great number.
--n.
1 an indefinitely great number.
2 ten thousand.
--adj. of an indefinitely great number.
Etymology
LL mirias miriad- f. Gk murias -ados f. murioi 10,000
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G, M, a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, abundance, affluence, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, billion, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, bumper crop, chiliad, chiliagon, chiliahedron, chiliarch, chiliarchia, considerable, copiousness, ever so many, extravagance, exuberance, fertility, flood, flow, foison, full many, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, grand, great abundance, great plenty, gush, heaped-up, jillion, kilo, kilocycle, kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, kilometer, lakh, landslide, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, lots, luxuriance, many, maximum, millennium, millepede, milligram, milliliter, million, more than enough, much, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriads, no few, not a few, numerous, numerousness, one hundred thousand, opulence, opulency, outpouring, overflow, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, quantities, quite some, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, scads, shower, spate, stream, substantiality, substantialness, superabundance, teemingness, ten thousand, thou, thousand, very many, wealth, yard, zillionROGET THESAURUS
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Five
N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.
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