many

Meaning

1. An indefinite large number of.
2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things.

many

much

numerous

a lot

plenty

several

a lot of

various

abundant

lots

lots of

lot

multitude

plentiful

large

very

great

all

crowd

big

manifold

diversified

diverse

many a

large quantity

varied

very much

abundance

abound

plenty of

large amount

multiple

really

innumerable

ample

substantial

abundantly

miscellaneous

different

copious

sufficient

most

be much

be numerous

a large number of

enough

vast number

many people

reflexive pronoun

too much

𐑋𐐯𐑌𐐨

quite a few

excessive

not a few

plural

great amount

plentiful of

so much

very many

every

few

countless

legion

great number

sundry

lot of

thousand

thousands of

many an

masses

big mob

great number of

generous

great number of people

many kinds

mostly

largely

multiplicity of

variety

twenty

plentifully

in great numbers

in great quantity

considerable

a great deal of

entire

quite

all over

certain

divers

the many

greatnumber

thousands

greatest

multifarious

multifold

complicated

multiplex

a large amount of

ocean

more than one

long

little

be abundant

be common

be plentiful

banyan-tree much

some

bug

manily

crowded

filled

bountiful

bulk

a bunch of

full of

whole lot

be many

amass

huge

lying

rather

excess

number of

almost

many another

dense

myriad

bulky

multi

very well

well

a large quantity

in large quantities

a lot of people

in large numbers

move along

sail

throw

extra

greatly

heaps

neutral

themselves

galore

a whole lot

a great deal

quite a lot

majority

views

large number

profusion

full

over

vast

family name

troublesome

as much

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ma‧ny

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛni/

From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“some, much, many”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Saterland Frisian monig, moonich (“many”), West Frisian mannich, mennich (“some, many”), Dutch menig (“many”), Low German männig (“many”), German manch, mannig- (“many, some”), Old Norse mangr, Norwegian mang, Swedish mången, Danish mangen, French maint (“many”), Russian мно́гий (mnógij), Serbo-Croatian and Polish mnogi, Czech mnohý, Scottish Gaelic minig The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo.