multitude
A very large number of people or things.
multitude in a sentence
- A multitude of fans packed the square, waving scarves as the team bus crawled past.
- A multitude of starlings swirled above the pier, thousands of birds turning as one.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to multitude?
- Acouple
- Bcrowd
- Chandful
- Dfew
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B: crowd. The other three mean the opposite of multitude.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to multitude?
- Aswarm
- Bfew
- Ccrowd
- Dmass
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B: few. The other three mean nearly the same as multitude.
Words that mean something similar
crowd, mass, swarm
Words that mean the opposite
few, handful, couple
More words about size & amount
- notable: Important or interesting enough to be noticed and remembered.
- numerous: Very many in number.
- plentiful: Available in large amounts; more than enough.
- possess: To own or have something.
- potent: Very strong and powerful in its effect.
- prosperous: Rich and successful.
- puny: Small and weak.
- robust: Strong, healthy and unlikely to break.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test