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- [mir-ee-uh d]
- /ˈmɪr i əd/
- /ˈmɪr.i.əd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mir-ee-uh d]
- /ˈmɪr i əd/
Definitions of myriad word
- noun myriad a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things. 1
- noun myriad ten thousand. 1
- adjective myriad of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night. 1
- adjective myriad having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.: the myriad mind of Shakespeare. 1
- adjective myriad ten thousand. 1
- noun myriad A countless or extremely great number. 1
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Origin of myriad
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Greek mȳriad- (stem of mȳriás) ten thousand; see -ad1
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Parts of speech for Myriad
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
myriad popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
myriad usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for myriad
adj myriad
- infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- multiple — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- countless — Countless means very many.
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- heaping — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
noun myriad
- slew — simple past tense of slay.
- multitude — a great number; host: a multitude of friends.
- horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- oodles — a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money.
- army — An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
adjective myriad
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- many — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
- uncountable — not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.
- unnumbered — having no number or numbers as identification: unnumbered pages.
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
Antonyms for myriad
adj myriad
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- measurable — capable of being measured.
- countable — capable of being counted
- limited — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
noun myriad
adjective myriad
- few — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
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