Standard Lemma guide

myriad

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, UK: /ˈmɪɹi.æd/
  • General-American, UK: /ˈmɪɹi.əd/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɪ(ː)ɹɪjad/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɪ(ː)ɹɪjəd/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 R IY0 AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Earth hosts myriad animals.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Ten thousand; 10,000

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Ten thousand; 10,000

Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decamillennium

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A countless number or multitude (of specified things)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Earth hosts a myriad of animals.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plethora, bounty, scores, wealth, deluge

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

too numerous to be counted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • incalculable riches
  • countless hours
  • an infinite number of reasons
  • innumerable difficulties
  • the multitudinous seas
  • myriad stars
  • untold thousands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ten thousand, 10000

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

8

noun

Meaning 8

a large indefinite number

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he faced a myriad of details

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek μῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)bor. Late Latin mȳriasbor. French myriade English myriad From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.

Across languages

Translations

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բյուրավոր (byuravor) — great in number
  • Armenian: անթիվ (antʻiv) — great in number
  • Armenian: անհամար (anhamar) — great in number
  • Armenian: անհաշիվ (anhašiv) — great in number
  • Armenian: բյուր (byur) — great in number
  • Bulgarian: безчетен (bezčeten) — great in number
  • Estonian: loendamatu — great in number
  • Finnish: lukematon — great in number
  • French: nombreux — great in number
  • Georgian: მირიადი (miriadi) — great in number
  • German: unzählig — great in number
  • Hebrew: רבבה (r'vavá) — great in number
  • Hebrew: אינספור — great in number
  • Hungarian: tömérdek — great in number
  • Hungarian: számtalan — great in number
  • Latin: permulti — great in number
  • Māori: tini — great in number
  • Māori: tinitini — great in number
  • Polish: niezliczony — great in number
  • Polish: nieprzeliczony — great in number
  • Polish: nieprzebrany — great in number
  • Russian: мириады (miriady) — great in number
  • Swedish: otalig — great in number
  • Swedish: oräknelig — great in number
  • Afrikaans: magdom — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Albanian: pafundësi — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Amharic: እልፍ — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Aramaic: ܪܒܘܬܐ (rebbūṯā) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוּתָא (ribbūṯā) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוֹתָא (ribbōṯā) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Armenian: բյուր (byur) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Azerbaijani: saysız-hesabsız — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Bulgarian: мириа́да (miriáda) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Catalan: miríada — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Chinese Cantonese: 萬 /万 (maan6) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬 /万 (wàn) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Dutch: myriade — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Esperanto: miriado — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Finnish: myriadi — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • French: myriade — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • German: Myriade — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Greek: μυριάδα (myriáda) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Ancient Greek: μυριάς (muriás) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Hebrew: רבבה (revava) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Hebrew: ריבוא (ribo) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Italian: miriade — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Japanese: 万 (man) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Korean: 만 (man) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Latin: mȳrias — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Malayalam: അയുതം (ayutaṁ) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Manchu: ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ (tumen) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Māori: tini — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Māori: ngahuru mano — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Mongolian: түм (tüm) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Occitan: miriada — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Old Church Slavonic: тьма (tĭma) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Persian: بیور (bivar) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Polish: miriada — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Portuguese: miríade — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Russian: мириа́да (miriáda) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Slovak: myriada — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Spanish: miríada — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Swedish: myriad — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Tagalog: hindi mabilang — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Thai: หมื่น (mʉ̀ʉn) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Tibetan: ཁྲི (khri) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Tibetan: གཅིག་ཁྲི (gcig khri) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Turkish: tümen — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Ukrainian: міріада (miriada) — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Vietnamese: vạn — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Vietnamese: muôn — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Welsh: deng mil — ten thousand — see also ten thousand
  • Aramaic: ܪܒܘܬܐ (rebbūṯā) — vast diversity or number
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוּתָא (ribbūṯā) — vast diversity or number
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רִבּוֹתָא (ribbōṯā) — vast diversity or number
  • Armenian: բյուր (byur) — vast diversity or number
  • Bulgarian: мириа́да (miriáda) — vast diversity or number
  • Catalan: miríada — vast diversity or number
  • Czech: myriáda — vast diversity or number
  • Danish: myriade — vast diversity or number
  • Dutch: een groot aantal — vast diversity or number
  • Dutch: myriade — vast diversity or number
  • Esperanto: miriado — vast diversity or number
  • Estonian: müriaad — vast diversity or number
  • Finnish: suunnaton määrä — vast diversity or number
  • Finnish: myriadi — vast diversity or number
  • Finnish: lukematon määrä — vast diversity or number
  • French: myriade — vast diversity or number
  • German: Unmenge — vast diversity or number
  • German: Myriaden — vast diversity or number
  • German: Unzahl — vast diversity or number
  • German: Vielzahl — vast diversity or number
  • Hebrew: רבבה (r'vavá) — vast diversity or number
  • Hebrew: ריבוא (ribó) — vast diversity or number
  • Icelandic: mýgrútur — vast diversity or number
  • Icelandic: urmull — vast diversity or number
  • Icelandic: ótal — vast diversity or number
  • Icelandic: ógrynni — vast diversity or number
  • Icelandic: aragrúi — vast diversity or number
  • Indonesian: banyak sekali — vast diversity or number
  • Italian: miriade — vast diversity or number
  • Japanese: 八百万 (yaoyorozu) — vast diversity or number
  • Ladino: alay — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: tini — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: mano tini — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: mano tinitini takitini — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: tini ngerongero — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: tini ngero — vast diversity or number
  • Māori: tuauriuri — vast diversity or number
  • Old Church Slavonic: тьма (tĭma) — vast diversity or number
  • Polish: mnóstwo — vast diversity or number
  • Polish: masa — vast diversity or number
  • Polish: bezlik — vast diversity or number
  • Portuguese: miríade — vast diversity or number
  • Russian: мириа́да (miriáda) — vast diversity or number
  • Russian: тьма (tʹma) — vast diversity or number
  • Serbo-Croatian: mirijada — vast diversity or number
  • Slovak: myriada — vast diversity or number
  • Spanish: miríada — vast diversity or number
  • Swedish: myriad — vast diversity or number
  • Swedish: otal — vast diversity or number
  • Swedish: otalig mängd — vast diversity or number
  • Turkish: çok büyük sayı — vast diversity or number
  • Turkish: pek çok — vast diversity or number
  • Turkish: bir sürü — vast diversity or number
  • Turkish: sayısız — vast diversity or number
  • Ottoman Turkish: هوش (hevş) — vast diversity or number
  • Ukrainian: незліченна кількість (nezličenna kilʹkistʹ) — vast diversity or number
  • Ukrainian: безліч (bezlič) — vast diversity or number
  • Ukrainian: міріа́ди (miriády) — vast diversity or number
  • Welsh: myrdd — vast diversity or number
  • Welsh: myrddiwn — vast diversity or number