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great number

NOUN
multitude
Synonyms
STRONGEST
horde legion myriad slew throng
STRONG
aggregation army assemblage assembly collection commonalty concourse congregation crowd crush drove heap herd host infinitude infinity jam loads lot lots majority mass mob much number numbers ocean oodles people plenitude plurality populace proletariat public push quantity scores sea swarm turnout
Antonyms
STRONG
little minority
WEAK
handful portion single zero

Example Sentences

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“Opera Wars” explores a great number of questions, some of which are impossible to address fully, as Ms. Vincent admits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But the 2026 election only matters if people vote, which historically is not something a great number of people do in midterms.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

In the 1980s a great number of unauthorized immigrants from Caribbean and Central American countries began arriving in the United States.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025

"I am humbled to reach such a great number, especially when I think of those who fell on the Normandy beaches all those years ago," Mr Miller said afterwards.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

A great number of longships, fifty or sixty at the least, stbod out to sea or lay beached on the pebbled shore to the north.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin