'Much' definitions:
Definition of 'much'
From: WordNet
adverb
To a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"
adverb
Very; "he was much annoyed"
adverb
To a very great degree or extent; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much]
adverb
(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically]
adverb
Frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often]
adjective
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" [ant: little(a), slight]
noun
A great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
Definition of 'Much'
From: GCIDE
- Much \Much\ (m[u^]ch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More (m[=o]r), and Most (m[=o]st), from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See Mickle.]
- 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Many in number. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Much'
From: GCIDE
- Much \Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See Much, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. [1913 Webster]
- Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Much'
From: GCIDE
- Much \Much\, n.
- 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. [1913 Webster]
- He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. [1913 Webster]
- And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'much'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a deal,
- a great deal,
- a lot,
- abounding,
- abundance,
- abundant,
- abundantly,
- acres,
- affluence,
- affluent,
- again and again,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- ample sufficiency,
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- aplenty,
- as all creation,
- as all get-out,
- avalanche,
- bags,
- barrel,
- barrels,
- bay,
- beaucoup,
- bonanza,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- bountifulness,
- bountiousness,
- bumper crop,
- bushel,
- cater to,
- cocker,
- coddle,
- considerable,
- considerably,
- copious,
- copiousness,
- cosset,
- countless,
- countlessness,
- diffuse,
- effuse,
- eminently,
- epidemic,
- ever so,
- ever so much,
- exceedingly,
- exceptionally,
- excess,
- exhaustless,
- extravagance,
- extravagant,
- extremely,
- exuberance,
- exuberant,
- fat,
- fertile,
- fertility,
- flood,
- flow,
- flush,
- foison,
- frequently,
- full,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- galore,
- generosity,
- generous,
- generousness,
- great abundance,
- great deal,
- great plenty,
- greatly,
- gush,
- heap,
- highly,
- hugely,
- humor,
- in great measure,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- indulge,
- inexhaustible,
- landslide,
- largely,
- lashings,
- lavish,
- lavishness,
- liberal,
- liberality,
- liberalness,
- load,
- lot,
- lots,
- lump,
- luxuriance,
- luxuriant,
- many,
- mass,
- maximal,
- maximum,
- mess,
- mollycoddle,
- more than enough,
- mountain,
- muchly,
- multiplicity,
- multitude,
- multitudinous,
- myriad,
- myriads,
- never so,
- no end,
- no end of,
- not a little,
- notably,
- numerous,
- numerousness,
- ocean,
- oceans,
- oft,
- oftentimes,
- ofttimes,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- opulent,
- outpouring,
- over and over,
- overage,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- oversupply,
- pack,
- pamper,
- peck,
- pile,
- plenitude,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plenteousness,
- plentiful,
- plentifulness,
- plenty,
- plethora,
- power,
- pretty much,
- prevailing,
- prevalence,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- prodigality,
- productive,
- productiveness,
- profuse,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- profusive,
- quantities,
- quantity,
- rampant,
- repeatedly,
- replete,
- repleteness,
- repletion,
- rich,
- rich harvest,
- rich vein,
- richness,
- rife,
- riot,
- riotous,
- riotousness,
- running over,
- scads,
- sea,
- shower,
- sight,
- so,
- so very much,
- spate,
- spoil,
- stream,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- superabundance,
- superabundant,
- superfluity,
- surpassingly,
- teeming,
- teemingness,
- to the skies,
- tons,
- very much,
- volume,
- wealth,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-nigh,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale,
- world,
- worlds