'Thousand' definitions:
Definition of 'thousand'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Thousand'
From: GCIDE
- Thousand \Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS. [thorn][=u]send; akin to OS. th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[=u]sunt, d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. [thorn][=u]sundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
- 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. [1913 Webster]
- A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI[Crev]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thousand'
From: GCIDE
- Thousand \Thou"sand\, a.
- 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thousand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a billion,
- a crore,
- a lakh,
- a million,
- a myriad,
- a nonillion,
- a quadrillion,
- a thousand,
- a zillion,
- billion,
- chiliad,
- chiliagon,
- chiliahedron,
- chiliarch,
- chiliarchia,
- considerable,
- ever so many,
- full many,
- G,
- gobs,
- grand,
- heap,
- heaped-up,
- jillion,
- kilo,
- kilocycle,
- kilogram,
- kilohertz,
- kiloliter,
- kilometer,
- lakh,
- loads,
- M,
- many,
- millennium,
- millepede,
- milligram,
- milliliter,
- million,
- multifarious,
- multifold,
- multiple,
- multitudinal,
- multitudinous,
- myriad,
- no few,
- not a few,
- numerous,
- one hundred thousand,
- oodles,
- quantities,
- quite some,
- ten thousand,
- thou,
- trillion,
- very many,
- yard,
- zillion
Words containing 'Thousand'
- thousands,
- one thousand thousand,
- Thousand Oaks,
- Thousand Palms,
- Thousand legs,
- hundred thousand,
- one thousand,
- ten thousand,
- thousand times,
- Thousand Oaks, CA,
- Thousand Palms, CA,
- Upper ten thousand,
- mother-of-thousands,
- one thousand million,
- thousand and one nights,
- thousand island dressing,
- thousand-fold,
- Thousand-headed cabbage,
- thousand-legged worm