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- pronunciation:
- muhch
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- phrases:
- make much of
- features:
- Language Note
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
more, most |
| definition: |
great in degree, number, or amount.
- synonyms:
- abundant, ample, plenteous, plentiful, profuse
- antonyms:
- little
- similar words:
- considerable, rife, sufficient
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| related words: |
abundant |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a great amount or number.
- synonyms:
- lot, plenty
- similar words:
- abundance, amplitude, gobs, heaps, oodles, quantity, scads, slew, stacks, tons
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| definition 2: |
a notable or important thing or person.
He's not much as a writer. |
| phrase: |
make much of |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
more, most |
| definition 1: |
to a great extent or degree.
The others don't like him much.I don't go there much.- antonyms:
- little
- similar words:
- far, greatly, highly, particularly, way, well
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| definition 2: |
nearly.
She and I are much the same.- synonyms:
- nearly
- antonyms:
- hardly
- similar words:
- almost, practically, virtually
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| related words: |
often |
Much or many? Which word is right for your sentence? Use many with things you can count. The answer to the question "how many?" will include a number. Many fish are in the aquarium. How many fish? Fourteen fish. Use much with things that cannot be counted. The answer to the question "how much?" will include an amount. So much snow fell last night. How much snow? A lot of snow.
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