thousands

nounpertaining to 1000

Synonyms for thousands

noun pertaining to 1000

Word Origin & History

Old English þusend, from Proto-Germanic *thusundi (cf. Old Frisian thusend, Dutch duizend, Old High German dusunt, German tausend, Old Norse þusund, Gothic þusundi).

Related to words in Balto-Slavic (cf. Lithuanian tukstantis, Old Church Slavonic tysashta, Polish tysiąc, Czech tisic), and probably ultimately a compound with indefinite meaning "several hundred" or "a great multitude" (with first element perhaps related to Sanskrit tawas "strong, force").

Used to translate Greek khilias, Latin mille, hence the refinement into the precise modern meaning. There was no general Indo-European word for "thousand." Slang shortening thou first recorded 1867. Thousand island dressing (1916) is presumably named for the region of New York on the St. Lawrence River.

Example Sentences for thousands

This system, once invented, was developed during thousands of years.

There are thousands of them in use on rifles, but they've never been able to use them on revolvers before.

I had handled thousands and thousands before, and never felt that way.

The Malakand garrison was being overwhelmed by thousands of tribesmen.

Thousands of animals drank from it daily; and after drinking had stood or wallowed in it.

Of all the thousands that began the fight, there were only five left standing.

Hundreds, if not thousands, were in the hospital, and a large proportion died.

I lost by hundreds and thousands; and so will he, before he is aware of it, no doubt.

She said he had thousands of them, but I suppose he had not so many.

But I can't go on with the quotation unless I turn it into 'You're slave to thousands.'

thousands

Synonyms for thousands

much

myriad

oodles

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Synonyms for thousands

More words related to thousands

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