Standard Lemma guide

numerous

adj · det · 4 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈnuməɹəs/
  • General-American: /ˈnumɹəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːmɹəs/
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  • rhymes with -uːməɹəs
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW1 M ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Indefinitely large numerically; many.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The reasons to refrain are numerous.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Consisting of a large number of individuals or parts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

det

Meaning 3

An indefinite large number of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.
  • There are numerous reasons to refrain.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: many

Antonyms: a couple of, a few, a handful of, no, one

Broader terms: multiple, various

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

amounting to a large indefinite number

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • numerous times
  • the family was numerous
  • Palomar's fans are legion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: legion(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَدِيد (ʕadīd) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Arabic: كَثِير (kaṯīr) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Armenian: բազմաթիվ (bazmatʻiv) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Azerbaijani: çoxsaylı — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Azerbaijani: çoxlu — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Belarusian: шматлі́кі (šmatlíki) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Bulgarian: многобро́ен (mnogobróen) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Bulgarian: многочи́слен (mnogočíslen) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Catalan: nombrós — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眾多 /众多 (zhòngduō) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多 (duō) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Czech: četný — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Czech: početný — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Danish: talrig — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Dutch: talrijk — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Dutch: ontelbaar — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Dutch: numereus — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Egyptian: aSA:Z2 (ꜥšꜣ) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Esperanto: multnombra — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Estonian: arvukas — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Finnish: lukuisa — Indefinitely large numerically
  • French: nombreux — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Galician: numeroso — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Georgian: ურიცხვი (uricxvi) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Georgian: უამრავი (uamravi) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Georgian: დიდძალი (didʒali) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • German: zahlreich — Indefinitely large numerically
  • German: vielzählig — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Hebrew: רַב (rav) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Hungarian: számos — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Hungarian: nagyszámú — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Icelandic: fjölmargur — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Ingrian: suurlukuin — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Interlingua: numerose — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Irish: líonmhar — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Italian: numeroso — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Japanese: 多数の (tasū no) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Japanese: 多い (ōi) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Korean: 수많다 (sumanta) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Korean: 다수의 (dasuui) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Latin: numerōsus — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Latin: frequens — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Latin: creber — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Latvian: daudzskaitlīgs — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Lithuanian: gausus — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Low German: tahlriek — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Low German: tallriek — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Macedonian: многуброен (mnogubroen) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Macedonian: броен (broen) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Malayalam: അനേകം (anēkaṁ) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Malayalam: നിരവധി (niravadhi) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Malayalam: കുറേ (kuṟē) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: makiu — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: tini makiu — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: maruru — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: maha — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: ngeangea — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: huhua — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: tini whāioio — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: mahamaha — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: tīpatere — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: makehua — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Māori: tini makehua — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tallrik — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: talrik — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Old English: getælfull — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Polish: liczny — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Portuguese: numeroso — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Romanian: numeros — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Russian: многочи́сленный (mnogočíslennyj) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Sanskrit: बहु (bahu) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Serbo-Croatian: бро̑јан — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Serbo-Croatian: мно̏гобро̄јан — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Serbo-Croatian: brȏjan — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Serbo-Croatian: mnȍgobrōjan — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Slovak: početný — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Slovene: številen — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Slovene: številčen — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Spanish: numeroso — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Swedish: talrik — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Turkish: sayısız — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Turkish: çok sayıda — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Turkish: birçok — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوك (çok) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Ottoman Turkish: كثرت اوزره (kesret üzere) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Ukrainian: багаточи́сельний (bahatočýselʹnyj) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Ukrainian: числе́нний (čyslénnyj) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Uyghur: نۇرغۇن (nurghun) — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Vietnamese: đông — Indefinitely large numerically
  • Vietnamese: nhiều — Indefinitely large numerically
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