The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - manyadj.

1) numerous, multitudinous, myriad, profuse, innumerable, numberless, uncountable: Many people have an irrational fear of spiders. 2) diverse, multifarious, varied, various, assorted, sundry, Literary divers: There are many kinds of courage. --pron., (n.) 3 horde(s) , crowd(s) , lot(s) , swarm(s) , throng(s) , mass(es) , profusion, multitude(s) , abundance, plenty, shoal(s) , flock(s) , drove(s) , torrent(s) , flood(s) , number(s) , score(s) , hundred(s) , (thousand(s) , etc.) ; Colloq ton(s) , scads: A great many will turn out to vote next week. Many are picked but few are chosen.