numerous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: nu=mer=ous
• COUNT in NET: 67 in 63 verses (in OT : 64 in 60 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

numerous, a. [L. numerosus. See Number.].

•  Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous objections.  [1913 Webster]

  "Such and so numerous was their chivalry."  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.  [1913 Webster]

  "Such prompt eloquence
  Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

numerous, adj.
1 (with pl.) great in number (received numerous gifts).
2 consisting of many (a numerous family).

Derivative

numerously adv. numerousness n.

Etymology

L numerosus (as NUMBER)

THESAURUS

numerous

abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, big, billion, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, certain, composite, considerable, copious, countless, diffuse, effuse, epidemic, ever so many, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush, full, full many, galore, generous, great, heaped-up, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, jillion, large, lavish, legion, liberal, luxuriant, many, maximal, million, more, more than one, much, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, no few, not a few, not singular, opulent, overflowing, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plural, pluralistic, plurative, populous, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, quite some, rampant, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over, several, some, sundry, superabundant, teeming, thousand, various, very many, voluminous, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, zillion

ROGET THESAURUS

numerous

Multitude

N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio, multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.