| bulk | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. bulk, majority | the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" |
| ~ number, figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. bulk, mass, volume | the property of something that is great in magnitude.; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ dollar volume, turnover | the volume measured in dollars.; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. bulk | the property possessed by a large mass. |
| ~ mass | the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field. |
| v. (change) | 4. bulk | stick out or up.; "The parcel bulked in the sack" |
| ~ bulge, pouch, protrude | swell or protrude outwards.; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" |
| v. (change) | 5. bulge, bulk | cause to bulge or swell outwards. |
| ~ swell | cause to become swollen.; "The water swells the wood" |
| ~ bulge, pouch, protrude | swell or protrude outwards.; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" |
| volume | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity. |
| ~ capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. book, volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.; "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
| ~ album | a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc. |
| ~ book binding, cover, binding, back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.; "the book had a leather binding" |
| ~ coffee-table book | an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table. |
| ~ folio | a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages.; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays" |
| ~ fore edge, foredge | the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine. |
| ~ hardback, hardcover | a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers. |
| ~ journal | a record book as a physical object. |
| ~ novel | a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction.; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" |
| ~ order book | a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order. |
| ~ paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book | a book with paper covers. |
| ~ picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook | a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn. |
| ~ backbone, spine | the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved.; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" |
| ~ notebook | a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda. |
| n. (communication) | 3. volume | a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (quantity) | 4. volume | a relative amount.; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. intensity, loudness, volume | the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction).; "the kids played their music at full volume" |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ crescendo | (music) a gradual increase in loudness. |
| ~ fortissimo, forte | (music) loud. |
| numerous | | |
| adj. | 1. legion, numerous | amounting to a large indefinite number.; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion" |
| ~ many | a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number.; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people" |
| several | | |
| adj. | 1. several | (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many.; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident" |
| ~ some | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity.; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" |
| adj. | 2. respective, several, various | considered individually.; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" |
| ~ individual, single | being or characteristic of a single thing or person.; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" |
| adj. | 3. several | distinct and individual.; "three several times" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| substantial | | |
| adj. | 1. significant, substantial | fairly large.; "won by a substantial margin" |
| ~ considerable | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree.; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem" |
| adj. | 2. substantial, substantive | having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.; "substantial equivalents" |
| ~ essential | basic and fundamental.; "the essential feature" |
| adj. | 3. material, real, substantial | having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things" |
| ~ material | derived from or composed of matter.; "the material universe" |
| adj. | 4. hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial | providing abundant nourishment.; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" |
| ~ wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" |
| adj. | 5. solid, strong, substantial | of good quality and condition; solidly built.; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" |
| ~ sound | in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay.; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" |
| voluminous | | |
| adj. | 1. voluminous | large in volume or bulk.; "a voluminous skirt" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| adj. | 2. tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding | marked by repeated turns and bends.; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" |
| ~ crooked | having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
| adj. | 3. copious, voluminous | large in number or quantity (especially of discourse).; "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" |
| ~ abundant | present in great quantity.; "an abundant supply of water" |
| much | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. much | a great amount or extent.; "they did much for humanity" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| adj. | 2. much | (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent.; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" |
| ~ overmuch | very great in quantity; overabundant.; "showed overmuch affection" |
| ~ some | relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent.; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" |
| ~ such | of so extreme a degree or extent.; "such weeping"; "so much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never dreamed of such beauty" |
| ~ untold | of an incalculable amount.; "untold suffering" |
| ~ more, more than | (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon" |
| adv. | 3. much | to a great degree or extent.; "she's much better now" |
| adv. | 4. much | very.; "he was much annoyed" |
| adv. | 5. a good deal, a great deal, a lot, lots, much, very much | to a very great degree or extent.; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" |
| adv. | 6. much, practically | (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely.; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" |
| adv. | 7. a great deal, much, often | frequently or in great quantities.; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" |
| plenty | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty | a full supply.; "there was plenty of food for everyone" |
| ~ abundance, copiousness, teemingness | the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply.; "an age of abundance" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| adv. | 3. enough, plenty | as much as necessary.; "Have I eaten enough?"; "I've had plenty, thanks" |
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