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more numerous

ADJECTIVE

many, abundant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big diverse great large plentiful various

WEAK

copious infinite legion lousy with multifarious multitudinal multitudinous populous profuse rife scads several sundry thick umpteen voluminous zillion

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little miniature similar small tiny uniform unimportant

WEAK

deficient few lacking

Example Sentences

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Showers will develop, becoming more numerous by the afternoon but not catching everywhere.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

More complex direct indexing, offered by robo-advisors as well as most traditional brokerage firms, greatly increases the possibilities because individual stocks are both more numerous and volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

When it worked, they were 100 times more numerous.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 2025

They found that oligomers were present in both groups, but in those with Parkinson's, the clusters were larger, brighter, and far more numerous.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

New Guineans tended to have much more substantial dwellings, more seaworthy boats, and more numerous and more varied utensils than did Australians.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond