A large number.

synonyms: multiplicity, numerousness.

Roget 102: multitude; numerous etc. adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion etc. (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd etc. (assemblage) 72; lots; all in the world and his wife.    [Increase of number] greater number, majority; multiplication, multiple.    ... show more

Roget 578: elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness etc. adj.; concinnity^†, euphony, numerosity^†; Atticism^†, classicalism^†, classicism.    well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; antithesis etc. 577.    purist [Slang].    ... show more