multitudinous

Meaning

1. Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable.
2. Comprising a large number of features or parts; manifold, multiple, myriad; also, having a large number of forms.
3. Comprising a large number of features or parts; manifold, multiple, myriad; also, having a large number of forms.
4. (literary, poetic) Of a body of water, the sea, etc.: huge, vast; also, having innumerable ripples.
5. (obsolete, poetic) Followed by with: crowded with many people or things.
6. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to the multitude (“common people; masses”).
7. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) Very fruitful or productive; prolific.

Opposite of

few, sparse

Synonyms

countless

innumerable

myriad

numerous

infinite

numberless

unnumberable

unnumbered

innumerous

uncounted

unnumerable

untallied

incalculable

liberal

millioned

numerously

uncountable

unreckonable

sumless

Translations

innombrable

zahlreich

incontable

inumerável

sem número

infini

incomptable

innumerable

innumerevole

multitudinari

incontável

inúmero

infinito

innumerable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin multitūdin- (the oblique stem of multitūdō (“great number (of people), multitude”)) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Multitūdō is derived from multus (“many; much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to be late; to worry”)) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, multitude + -in- (interfix used before Latinate suffixes appended to nouns ending with -itude or -tude) + -ous.